What Ingredients Does Palm Oil Contain? How Should We Avoid It When We Buy Things?
Palm oil is the most used oil in the world. It has been 40 years since palm oil production broke out, and palm oil has spread all around us. The following is a chemical composition table of palm oil. IDENTITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR CRUDE PALM OIL Item No. Identity Characteristics Observed min. to max. (i) Apparent density, g mlr'1 at 50"C 0.8889 to 0.8896 (ii) Refractive index np; 50"C 1. 4521 to 1.4541 (ii i ) Saponification value, mg KOHg oil 194 to 205 (iv) Unsaponifiable matter, % by weight 0.19 to 0.44 (v) Fatty acid composition, (wt% as methyl esters) C12:0 0.0 to 0.5 C14:0 0.9 to 1.5 C16:0 39.2 to 45.8 C16:1 0.0 to 0.4 C18:0 3.7 to 5.4 C18:1 37.4 to 44.1 C18:2 8.7 to 12.5 C18:3 0.0 to 0.6 C20:0 0.0 to 0.5 (vi) lodine value (Wijs) 50.4 to 53.7 (vii) Slip melting point ( ℃ ) 33.8 to 39.2 (viii) Total carotenoids as (ß-carotene), mg kg 474 to 689 Note: The identity characteristics af processed palm oil do not differ significantly from those of crude palm oil, wi...