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Consistency of mixtures of cottonseed and Paraguayan palm kernel oils
Author(s) -
Landmann Werner,
Feuge R. O.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02639337
Subject(s) - cottonseed oil , palm kernel oil , cottonseed , palm oil , consistency (knowledge bases) , palm kernel , mathematics , iodine value , kernel (algebra) , pulp and paper industry , materials science , chemistry , food science , engineering , combinatorics , discrete mathematics
Summary A palm kernel oil, mbocaya, possessing a relatively high iodine value, approximately 30, is being produced in Paraguay. Production can be expanded. One possible use for the oil is as a component of shortenings. As expected, consistency measurements showed the oil to be unsuited for conversion to shortening of the all‐hydrogenated type. Blends with hydrogenated cottonseed oil yielded products having acceptable consistency characteristics. However, for a given consistency, the proportion of hydrogenated cottonseed oil needed was greater than that needed for a comparable blend with cottonseed oil. The difference was attributed to the formation of solid solutions or mixed crystals in the latter blend. A mixture of hydrogenated palm kernel oil and cottonseed oil was prepared and found to possess consistency characteristics better than those of a typical shortening of the all‐hydrogenated type.