Abstract:
Methods for predicting palm oil yield of a test oil palm plant are disclosed. The methods comprise determining, from a sample of a test oil palm plant of a population, at least a first SNP genotype, corresponding to a first SNP marker, located in a first QTL for a high-oil- production trait and associated, after stratification and kinship correction, with the high-oil- production trait with a genome-wide -log 10 ( p-value ) of at least 4.0 in the population or having a linkage disequilibrium r 2 value of at least 0.2 with respect to a first other SNP marker linked thereto and associated, after stratification and kinship correction, with the high-oil-production trait with a genome-wide -log 10 ( p-value ) of at least 4.0 in the population. The methods also comprise comparing the first SNP genotype to a corresponding first reference SNP genotype and predicting palm oil yield of the test plant based on extent of matching of the SNP genotypes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process of refining refined palm fruit oil products that yields a refined oil product having an exceptionally low content of 3-MCPD fatty acid esters. More particularly, the present invention provides a process of refining a crude palm fruit oil product, said process comprising the successive steps of: a) removing phospholipids and/or free fatty acids from a crude palm fruit oil product by subjecting the oil product to a pretreatment, thereby producing a pretreated palm fruit oil product with a reduced phospholipid content and/or a reduced free fatty acid content; b) simultaneously or sequentially contacting the pretreated palm fruit oil product with bleaching earth and a porous silica material to produce a bleached palm fruit oil product, said porous silica material having a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g and being selected from the group consisting of silica, amorphous silicate, zeolite and combinations thereof; and c) deodorizing the bleached palm fruit oil product to produce a refined palm fruit oil product; wherein the pretreated palm fruit oil product is contacted with the porous silica material at a temperature of at least 95°C and wherein the bleached palm fruit oil product is deodorized at a temperature of not more than 240°C. The invention also relates to a refined palm fruit oil product obtained by the aforementioned process and to an edible product containing 1 -80 wt.% of such refined palm fruit oil product.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to bakery shortenings prepared from palm diacylglycerol and a method for producing the same. In a first aspect of the invention, the bakery shortening comprises a palm diacylglycerol stearin and a palm mid-fraction having an iodine value of 32 to 48. In a second aspect of the invention, the bakery shortening comprises a palm diacylglycerol olein having an iodine value of 56 to 64 and a palm stearin. The bakery shortenings of the present invention do not require any emulsifiers to be added.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of extracting lecithin from palm agro-waste produced in a palm oil mill. The method comprises the steps of introducing a palm agro-waste selected from a group consisting of separator sludge and decanter cake as a starting material; subjecting the starting material to a pre-treatment step, followed by extraction using a solvent to give an extracted meal and a solvent extract; separating the solvent extract from the extracted meal; and removing the solvent followed by precipitation to give a residue fraction comprising lecithin having a phospholipids content of not less than 20%, more preferably, not less than 35%.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an external preparation for skin containing pollen extract of oil palm of the genus Elaeis guineensis in an amount between 0.05% and 1.00% by weight, based on the total weight of the external preparation, for whitening skin.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of recovering rubber from skim natural rubber latex. The method comprises pre-treating the skim latex, concentrating the skim latex using one membrane module or two membrane modules in series with addition of ammonium laureate, optionally treating the concentrated skim latex with a tetramethylthiuramdisulphide (TMTD) and zinc oxide (ZnO) dispersion, blending the concentrated latex with fresh field latex, centrifuging the blend to obtain a latex concentrate. The latex concentrate if further blended with a fresh latex concentrate and treated with ammonia to obtain the final latex concentrate.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for obtaining a high-yielding oil palm plant, comprising determining the level of a protein in mesocarp tissue of a fruit of a parental oil palm plant, determining whether there is a difference between the level of the protein in the mesocarp tissue of the fruit of the parental oil palm plant and the level of the protein mesocarp tissue of a fruit of a reference oil palm plant, and selecting progeny of the parental oil palm plant based on the difference to obtain the high-yielding oil palm plant. Also provided are methods for predicting oil yield of a test oil palm plant and kits for obtaining a high-yielding oil palm plant.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method for producing a triacylglycerol oil containing 96.5% or more of triacylglycerol, from refined palm oil. The method comprises the steps of heating an oil source containing triacylglycerol at a temperature between 45°C and 100°C, rapidly cooling the oil source to a temperature in the range of 0°C to 35°C to form a solid fraction within the oil source, holding the solid fraction and the oil source at the same temperature for a period between 5 and 500 minutes and separating the solid fraction from the oil source by filtration.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a farinaceous dough comprising blending together flour, a pumpable fat composition, water and optionally other bakery ingredients, wherein the pumpable fat compositionhasa low saturated fatty acid (SAFA)content and contains at least 70 wt.% of fat, said fat having a solid fat content at 20 ºC of 12-25% and at 30 ºC of 5-20% and further being characterised by the following fatty acid composition: -26-40 wt.% of SAFA; -≤ 12 wt.% of C 8 -C 14 fatty acids; -15-35 wt.% of palmitic acid; -≤ 5 wt.% of stearic acid; -≥ 55 wt.% of unsaturated C 18 fatty acids; and -≤ 1.5 wt.% of trans-unsaturated fatty acids; said fat containing 4-20wt.% of triglycerides selected from the group consisting of PPM, PMP, PMM, MPM, PPU, PUP, PUU, UPUand/or 2.5-5.0 wt.% of OPO, wherein P represents palmitic acid, M represents C 8 -C 14 fatty acid,U represents polyunsaturated C 18 fatty acid, O represents oleic acid,and said fat comprising 15-80wt.% of an interesterified fat blend, said fat blendcontaining: -20-80 wt.% of a lauric fat and 80-20 wt.% of palm oil or a fraction thereof; or -50-80 wt.% of a palm stearin and 20-50 wt.% of a low SAFA vegetable oil having a SAFA content of less than 17 wt.%. The present method employs a fat composition that is pumpable at ambient temperatures, that is characterised by a low content of saturated fatty acid residues, but that nonetheless enables the preparation of a good quality dough product that can easily be handled, even in mechanised dough manufacture. The present invention also encompasses an process of preparing a pumpable fat composition as defined above.
Abstract:
A process for producing a free flowing powder comprising methyl ester sulphonate the process including the steps of: preparing a slurry comprising methyl ester sulphonate; and, spray drying the slurry to produce the free flowing powder.