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Author(s) -
Hrushowy R. H.
Publication year - 1978
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/bf02669902
Subject(s) - palm oil , refining (metallurgy) , oleic acid , pulp and paper industry , quality (philosophy) , key (lock) , feature (linguistics) , chemistry , food science , process engineering , environmental science , waste management , business , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , computer security , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
Palm oil utilization is contingent on three key factors‐economic advantage, standards of quality, and customer acceptance. In order to provide acceptable quality palm oil for direct use of as a portion of a formulation, the oil is pretreated, steam refined, bleached, and deodorized. A Parkson stripper is employed for steam refining which, with the pretreatment described, results in yields of the weight of crude oil minus 1.19 x the free fatty acid expressed as oleic and finished oil colors ranging from 1.0–2.5 Red Lovibind. Potential color problems can be avoided by ensuring that all storage and processing conditions are controlled.