Vegetable Cooking Oil

Palm oil is largely used as cooking oil and in Industrial Frying. The oil is high in Olefins,a valuable chemical group that can be processed into many non-food products also.
Various Packings are available from 1 Litres to 21 Metric tonnes. The different grades includes CP-6, CP-8, CP10 for the different needs of the Consumers.( Pls refer the packing guide provided below) .

Specification  of  Alfa Vegetable Oil ( RBD Palm Olein )

Parameters                                       Method                                         Specification  

  Slip Meliting Point ( deg C )              AOCS Cc 3-25 C (1989 )                 24 deg C Max           

L   odine Value ( Wijs )                         AOCS 1b 87 ( 1992)

    Cloud Point                                                                                                      8- 10

  Free Fatty Acids ( % As Palmitiic)     AOCS 5a-40 ( 1989)                      0.10 % Max

  Moisture & Impurities                         MPOGC Test Methods                   0.10% Max

  Colour 5.14" Lovibond Cell                BS 684 Section 1:14 (1987)         3 Red  Max

Palm Oil Facts

Palm oil is produced from the fruit of the Oil Palm Elaeis Guinnesis , found in Africa, South East Asia and Latin America. Palm oil is extracted and refined through pressing and crushing and not by the use of chemical solvents.

Palm olein is used for frying foodstuff  as it is stable in high temperatures. The  manufacturing process involves deep-frying followed by rapid cooking and blast freezing. Quick crystallization of the fat used is important and for this reason, a  hydrogenated palm oil of melting point 40-42°C. The most important characteristic of a fat used for frying is its ability to withstand the high temperature used, with undue chemical change. Frying usually at about 180°C , at which temperature, the more unsaturated oils tend to oxidize and breakdown or polymerize quite rapidly