Our main office is In
Malaysia. |
Roy Bartlam is based in
Bangkok. |
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Palm Oil
is the major product and is exported from Malaysia and Indonesia.
There are
many products which are produced from the oil palm.
Please read our introduction
to palm based products.
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We can offer all palm oil
products, from Crude Palm oil to refined palm oil.
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Refined palm oil and refined
palm olein are the main cooking oils which are exported worldwide.
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What is palm oil?
Palm oil is obtained from the flesh ("mesocarp") of the oil palm
fruit. Like olive oil, palm oil is a fruit oil. Palm oil should not be
mistaken for palm kernel oil which is extracted from the kernel or seed
of the palm fruit.
Therefore, the oil palm fruit is unique. From the fruit two distinct
types of oils are produced - palm oil and palm kernel oil. Both are
edible oils but with very different chemical composition, physical
properties and applications. Each palm fruit produces about 90% palm oil
and 10% palm kernel oil
Palm oil has a balanced composition of both saturated and unsaturated
fatty acids. Coupled with nature's gift of high vitamin E content, the
oil is naturally very stable.
Palm oil contains an equal proportion of saturated and unsaturated
fatty acids. It's particularly rich in the saturated palmitic acid
(44%), with substantial amounts of the monounsaturated oleic acid (40%),
and smaller amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (10%).
Palm oil has had a history of food use of over 5,000 years, and this
major oil in the world's oils and fats trade is currently consumed in
over 130 countries worldwide.
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Is palm oil similar to palm kernel oil?
No. Many people mistaken palm oil for palm kernel oil. Palm kernel
oil has very different chemical composition and physical characteristics
compared to palm oil (see Figure 1). Both these oils come from the same
fruit but they are uniquely different. Palm oil comes from the flesh or
mesocarp of the fruit while palm kernel oil comes from the kernel or
seed of the fruit.
Palm oil and palm kernel oil have different impact on heart disease
risk due to the different composition of fatty acids. Human studies have
reported that palm oil tends to be "neutral" while palm kernel oil is
distinctly cholesterol-raising.
Palm oil is mainly used for edible purposes while palm kernel oil is
used for non-edible purposes such as making soaps, cosmetics and
detergents.
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CRUDE PALM OIL
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Origin:
Malaysia |
Specifications |
Free Fatty Acid |
5% max |
Moisture & Impurities |
0.25% max |
Melting Points (ºC) |
33-39 max |
Iodine Value (Wijs)V |
56 min |
Dobi |
2.4 min |
Colour |
3.5R/3.5Y |
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CRUDE PALM OIL |
Origin:
INDONESIA |
Specifications |
Free Fatty Acid |
5% max |
Moisture & Impurities |
0.5% max |
Melting Points (ºC) |
33-39 max |
Iodine Value (Wijs)V |
50-56 min |
Dobi |
2.3 min |
Colour |
3.5R/3.5Y |
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What Is palm olein, palm stearin and super palm olein?
Palm oil is semi-solid at room
temperature (20°C). The liquid portion could be physically separated
from the solid portion of palm oil by fractionation. After
fractionation the liquid portion is called "palm olein", which is
commonly bottled and sold as cooking oils. The solid fat portion is
called "palm stearin" and it is commonly used to formulate
trans-free fats such as margarine, shortening and vegetable ghee.
Sometimes the palm olein is further fractionated to a more liquid
fraction called "super palm olein". This oil fraction could
withstand colder temperature than palm olein before they cloud or
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Crude Palm Olein |
Specifications |
Free Fatty Acid |
5% max |
Moisture & Impurities |
0.25% max |
Iodine Value (Wijs) |
56 MIN |
Melting Points (ºC) |
24 max |
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Crude Palm
Stearin
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Specifications
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Free Fatty Acid
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5%
max
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Moisture & Impurities
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0.25%
max
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Iodine Value (Wijs)
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48
min
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Melting Point (ºC)
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44
max
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PALM OIL EXPORTS FROM MALAYSIA - WORLDWIDE
Refined palm oil products for food and
industrial use. This can be supplied in retail packing or industrial
packing up to flexitanks or bulk.
Please send email for more information on what can be supplied. |
Most people hear about palm
oil.. as a cooking oil.
Link to
PALM COOKING OIL products.
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Please ask for our 9 page
PDF introduction to Palm Oil - from Plantation to
the bottling plant. It shows the processes, as well as
the specifications and uses of the products. If
you are a broker or agent, you can send that document to
your end buyers. It will help them learn about the palm
oil business. |