https://jopr.mpob.gov.my Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:25:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/comparative-study-of-palm-based-milk-yoghurt-with-dairy-and-coconut-milk-yoghurt-based-on-proximate-texture-and-amino-acid-analysis/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 07:51:13 +0000 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/?p=13089 Palm-based milk is one of the derivative products of the local palm oil industry. Currently, it is being sold as an alternative ingredient to coconut milk. However, palm-based milk is a potential ingredient and can be utilised to make new food products. This is in line with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of using local resources to make food products. In this preliminary study, palm-based milk is being developed into a plant-based yoghurt. To assess the feasibility of the palm-based milk yoghurt, seven formulations consisting of a combination of three types of common yoghurt starter cultures were made. These seven formulations of palm-based milk yoghurts will be compared against dairy yoghurts and coconut milk yoghurts of the same formulation. Based on the result, palm-based milk yoghurt has the highest lipid content among the three types of yoghurt. As such, it can be marketed as an energy-dense yoghurt. However, it is lacking in several aspects of proximate and amino acid content, viscosity and high rate of syneresis when compared to the other yoghurt types in this study. Suggestions for mitigating this issue in palm-based milk yoghurt are also given in this study.

]]> https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/biochemical-studies-on-abnormal-clones-of-the-oil-palm-elaeis-guineensis/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:29:44 +0000 https://jopr.mpob.gov.my/V2/?p=2437 A preliminary study was conducted on the biochemistry of oil palm clones producing mantled fruits. The kernels, mesocarp, leaves and callus tissues derived from both normal palms and those with mantled fruits were analysed. The results showed that the mantled material seemed to have a higher level of reducing sugars, particularly in the kernels and the callus tissues. The difference in the reducing sugar content of leaf extracts from normal palms and those producing mantled fruits was not highly significant except in the P38 clone. The content of soluble protein and ethanol-soluble nitrogenous compounds appeared inconsistent between different batches of leaf samples though there was generally an increasing trend in material from palms producing mantled fruits. No differences were observed between the activities of polyphenol oxidases, esterases or peroxidases in the leaf extracts from normal palms and those with mantled fruits. Analyses of total amino acids in the mesocarp tissues of mantled fruit from clones P10, P12, P15 and P38 showed that there was an increase in serine content but a decrease in amino acids related to apartate.

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