Vegetable oils

With the rapid expansion of palm oil area and replanting of oil palm plantation, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia, world palm oil production will increase significantly. The improvement of processing technology also will lead to further increase in world palm oil supply. I…

The purpose of this study is to manufacture structured lipids by enzymatic and chemical interesterification of tallow with corn, canola and safflower oils individually and to investigate the effects of several process parameters on various chemical and physical properties of str…

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a uniquely valuable palm as source of low-cost vegetable oil. However, the success and method of its expansion (monoculture plantation) especially in biodiversity-rich Indonesia and Malaysia have made it one of the most controversial crops of the …