Palm Oil Processing

Palm oil products are made using miling and refining process; first using fractionation, with crystalization and separation process to obtain a solid stearin and liquid olein. Before going through oil filtering and bleaching, impurities are removed by melting and degumming.

Next, physical refining process is done to remove odours and colouration to produce refined bleached deodorized palm oil, or RBDPO, and free pure fatty acids which are important component in soap, detergent powder and other hygiene products. RBDPO is the basic oil product commonly traded in world’s commodity markets.

Palm is also used in biodiesel production as a simply-processed palm oil mixed with petrodiesel or processed through transesterification to create a palm oil methyl ester blend which meets the international EN 14214 specification, with glycerin as a by-product. This process differs to each country depends on each export market’s demand.

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