Palm oil was dry fractionated by four different methods, namely (1) cooling at 30ºC and (2) at 23ºC for 18 hours with no agitation, (3) cooling at 3ºC for 18 hours with agitation and (4) at 22ºC for 3 hours with agitation. The yields of stearin were 16%, 30%, 26% and 32% respectively. Filtration rates […]

The rate of hydrolysis of refined palm oil products were investigated under different conditions of storage and found to be correlated with different quality paramters. Strong correlations were observed between rates of hydrolysis and the phosphorus content of palm oil and palm olein. Multiple regression equations were derived defining the relationship between the phosphorus levels […]