Palm Oil By Electro-mech Engineers

Palm OilPalm oil is obtained from the flesh of the palm fruit. Each palm tree produces approximately one fruit bunch, containing as many as 3000 fruit lets, per month. In addition, each palm tree continues producing fruit economically for up to 25 years. This ensures a constant stable supply, as compared with other annual crops. Naturally, palm oil is characterized as stabilized oil due to its chemical composition. As such, it can be used in most food applications without hydrogenation, thus, reducing production cost by as much as 30%. Palm oil also is priced competitively and can represent a saving of up to several cents per pound, compared to other edible oils. Palm oil is available in a variety of forms: crude palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, RBD palm oil, fractionated palm olein and pal mid-fraction. While most of the oil Malaysia exports is RBD palm oil and RBD palm olein, the range of products is available to suit a variety of manufacturing needs and in forms that are ready-to-use and require no further processing.Palm Oil CompositionPalm oil is extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of the palm Elaeis guineensis. There are a few varieties of this plant but Tenera, which is a hybrid of the Dura and the Pisifera, present abundantly through out the whole Peninsular.Uses of Palm OilPalm Oil is the most widely producing edible oil for cooking delicious dishes across the World, apart from This Palm Oil is also used for making Soap, Margarine, Candles, Chocolates, Toothpastes, Shampoos & Detergents, Fatty Acids, Dairy Products, Bio-Fuel / Bio- Diesel. It is also used as a lubricant for food manufacturing Machineries. The Petroleum, Plastics, Printing & Textile Industries also commonly use Palm Oil. The mesocarp comprises about 70 - 80% by weight of the fruit and about 45 -50% of this mesocarp is oil. The rest of the fruit comprises the shell, kernel, moisture and other non fatty fiber.The extracted oil is known as crude palm oil (CPO) which until quite recently was known as the golden commodity. Palm oil like all natural fats and oils comprises mainly Triglyceries, mono and diglycerides. Free fatty acids, moisture, dirt and minor components of non oil fatty matter referred to collectively as unsaponifiable matter.