The cooking palm oil price determinants after palm oil-free labeling

trans-Free margarines prepared with canola oil/palm stearin/palm kernel oil-based structured lipids.

Structured lipids (SLs) for formulating trans-free margarines were synthesized by lipase-catalyzed interesterification of the blends of canola oil (CO), palm stearin (PS), and palm kernel oil (PKO) in weight ratios (CO/PS/PKO) of 40:60:0, 40:50:10, 40:40:20, 40:30:30, 50:30:20, and 60:25:15. The atherogenicity was determined using fatty acid profiles. We also determined the physical properties ...

Palm oil and palm olein frying applications.

Several million tones of palm oil and palm olein are used annually in the world for frying. This paper will discuss their frying performances in three major applications - industrial production of potato chips/crisps, industrial production of pre-fried frozen French fries and in fast food outlets. In the first study, about four tones of potato chips were continuously fried 8 hours a day and fiv...

Price Discovery through Crude Palm Oil Futures: An Economic Evaluation

This paper examines the forward pricing efficiency of the local crude palm oil (CPO) futures market. In an efficient market, the relevant signal to be used by -the producers, traders and processors is simply the futures price. The forward pricing efficiency is measured in terms of the forecasting ability of Malaysian crude palm oil futures price on physical price. The relative predictive power ...

Palm oil and LDL cholesterol.

In this issue of the Journal there are 2 studies that tested the cholesterol-raising effects of palmitic acid–rich palmolein and that reach apparently different conclusions. Tholstrup et al (1) found in 32 participants that palm oil elevated LDL cholesterol significantly by 0.22 mmol/L (P , 0.001) compared with olive oil, whereas Voon et al (2) found the difference between palm oil and olive oi...

Palm oil carotenoids: The isolation of lipoid pigments from a ;Sherbro' palm oil.