• palm pressed fibre oil a new opportunity for premium hardstock in Lagos
  • palm pressed fibre oil a new opportunity for premium hardstock in Lagos
  • palm pressed fibre oil a new opportunity for premium hardstock in Lagos
  • palm pressed fibre oil a new opportunity for premium hardstock in Lagos
  • What is palm pressed fibre (PPF)?
  • Lauric acid which was not present in crude palm oil were found to be significant in PPF (5.89 to 9.09%), thus making this oil suitable for application in the food industry in products such as shortening and margarine. Palm pressed fibre (PPF) is a by-product from oil extraction of oil palm fruits.
  • What are oil palm pressed fruit fibres?
  • The oil palm pressed fruit fibres (better known as palm-pressed fibre or PPF) are the by-product of the mesocarp of the oil palm fruits after the oil extraction process. Palm pressed fibre is a mixture of palm mesocarp fibre, kernel shell, crushed kernel and debris . Lubricant is used in large amounts in the prime industries of Malaysia.
  • What are palm pressed fibers used for?
  • Palm-pressed fibers are commonly used as a fuel source for boiler combustion in oil mills. In addition to this, research studies have shown that palm-pressed fibers can be treated with value-added methods such as mushroom cultivation substrates, soilless media for seedlings, vermicomposting and potential for raising livestock.
  • Can palm pressed fiber oil be used in non-food products?
  • In one aspect, it can be extracted as crude palm-pressed fiber oil for use in non-food products. Crude palm-pressed fiber oil, on the other hand, can be refined into higher quality fiber oil by eliminating its undesirable components such as gums, waxes, trace metals and free fatty acids.
  • How to extract palm pressed fibre oil from ppmf?
  • Techniques to recover palm-pressed fibre oil (PPFO) include solvent extraction, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, and water screw-pressed technology, etc. (Choo et al., 1996; Lau et al., 2006; Luiz and Angela, 2008; Goh, 2014 and Vijaya et al., 2013). The commercial extraction method of PPFO from PPMF is solvent extraction using hexane.
  • What is the oil composition of palm pressed fiber?
  • Up to now, very little is known about the oil composition of palm pressed fiber and the application of its novel oil. Physical and chemical oil quality checks illustrated that PPF oil contains 15-20% of diacylglycerol (DAG) and 47-70% of triacylglycerol (TAG).