Detailed information about Red and White Palm Oil

- Industrial guidance - Dhiru Parekh

Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Colombia, Thailand are the leading palm oil producers. Malaysia is the world leader in palm oil production. Malaysia and Indonesia account for 80 percent of the world's palm oil production.

Palm Oil :- Palm oil fruit has 3 times more oil than other vegetable oil and coconut oil. Palm plantations bear palmfruit three years later. The self life of this plantation is about 25 years.

Red oil is obtained from palm fruit after processing. This red oil is called virgin oil. It is an unfiltered, unrefined oil. (Which has the quality of virgin oil.) Virgin or red palm oil has the best properties. Because it is less processed. Due to this, it contains more nutrients. But this oil is more expensive.

When red palm oil is refined and whitened. Then extra nutrients are removed from it. Red palm oil is highly nutritious. Then white palm oil is a healthy choice. Red virgin palm oil is high in carotene. When carotene is removed from refined white palm oil.

Refined palm oil contains 67 percent tocopherol, 73 percent toco-trianol. So white palm oil is a good source of Vitamin-E. White palm oil is chemically stable. Resists oxidation. And it contains plenty of antioxidant power. It contains tocopherol and tocotrienol content.

Vitamin-E-and beta-carotene content is as per the table below. These include soybean oil, corn oil, red palm oil and white palm oil. Corn oil content total 597 mg/kg, soybean oil 408 mg/kg, red palm oil 708 mg/kg, white palm oil 512 mg/kg.

This amount is given for the vitamin-E present in the oil. Red and white palm oil contain more vitamin-E than soybean and corn oils. Because of this, it has a high tocotrienol content.

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