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Palm Olein
What is palm oil? It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy fruit, and palm kernel oil which comes from crushing the kernel, or the stone in the middle of the fruit
Description
PALM OLEIN
| Colour (Lovibond 5 1/4″ cell) | Red 3 max./Yellow 30 max. |
| Foreign odours and flavours | Nil |
| Mix of other type of oil | Nil |
| Moisture and volatile matter | 0.2% maximum |
| Insoluble impurities | 0.05% max. |
| Free fatty acids | 0.1 max. expressed as palmitic acid |
| Acid value | 0.6% KOH mg/1g oil max. |
| Peroxide value | 2 milliequivalents peroxide oxygen/kg oil max. |
| Melting point | 24°C max. |
| Soap content | 0.005% max. |
| Saponification value | 194 – 202 mg KOH/g of oil |
| Unsaponifiable matter | 1.3% max. |
| Iodine number (Wijs) | >= 56g per 100g oil |
| Palmitic acid | 38 to 43.5% of total fatty acids present |
| Cholesterol | Not more than 4% of total sterol content |
| Oleic acid | 39.8 to 46% of total fatty acids present |
| Refractive Index (n°40/D) | 1.458 – 1.460 |
| Relative Density (40°C/water at 20°C) | 0.889 – 0.920 |
| Authorized additives | Max. 75mg of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT-E-321) per kg of oil |
| Vitamin A enrichment | 45 000 – 60 000 IU / litre |
Heavy metals
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
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| Radionuclide contamination | None |
| Production | Fresh production |
| Expiry date | Minimum 2 years at date of delivery |
Additional information
| Quality | Premium |
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