Chemical changes causing deterioration of palm oil quality

Deterioration of quality implies changes taking place in a product of initial acceptable quality. These changes occur during storage after production and are not the same as the manufacture of an inferior product. The article discussed on the chemical changes, hydrolytic and oxidative changes that caused deterioration, the factors influenced the rate of deterioration and […]

Hydrolysis of palm oil products – An overview

Minyak sawit yang diperolehi dari kilang mengandungi 95% trigliserida, 4% separa-gliserida dan 1% komponen minor. Trigliserida ini diperolehi dari gliserol dan asid lemak. Dalam minyak sawit, jenis asid lemak yang terlekat pada molekul gliserol mengandungi 12 hingga 20 panjang karbon, sementara minyak isi rong sawit rantaian asid lemak mengandungi 6 hingga 20 karbon. Proses di […]