RESEARCH ARTICLE

Journal of Oil Palm Research Vol. 4 No. 2 1992 Dec, p. 79-85

IDENTITY CHARACTERISTICS OF MALAYSIAN PALM OIL PRODUCTS

SIEW W L; CHONG C L; TAN Y A; TANG T S and OH C H*

Received: 3 January 1992  
ABSTRACT

The identity characteristics, iodine value, slip melting point, cloud point, apparent density and refractive index were determined on a total of 244 samples representing 333,840 metric tons of refined palm oil, 238 samples representing 338,816 metric tons of palm olein, and 205 samples representing 234,108 metric tons of palm stearin. A comparison of the results with the identity characteristics of palm oil products surveyed in 1981 showed some slight changes.

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* Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia,
P O Box 10620,
50720 Kuala Lumpur