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FAQ

Would it be better to stop using palm oil?
No, palm oil is the most efficient of the vegetable oils, meaning that you can usually produce more food from a hectare of oil palm than with any crop, and need a lot less fertiliser or pesticide to do so. Palm oil has played an important role in feeding people for many thousands of years, if we were to stop growing it, we’d need to grow something else, and that would almost certainly mean turning much more land into farmland.

Press a palm fruit and you will be left with a red oil that is naturally high in carotene, Vitamins E, A and antioxidants. Palm oil is one of the few fatty fruits, and it is this natural fat content, and the fact that it is free from potentially harmful trans-fats that have helped palm oil to play such an important role in our food.

Of course, it very much depends on the food. Red palm oil might be a healthy match for your salad, but palm oil will not make that chocolate spread any more or less healthy, it’s about good things in moderation.

Palm oil is not carcinogenic and does not cause cancer.

However, all vegetable oils, margarines, and processed foods may contain glycidyl fatty acid esters (GE), 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD), and 2-monochloropropanediol (2-MCPD) as a by-product of food processing, particularly processing that involves high-temperature refining at above 200°C. These by-products can be minimised or eliminated entirely through changes to how food is produced.

Press a palm fruit and you will be left with a red oil that is naturally high in carotene, Vitamins E, A and antioxidants. Palm oil is one of the few fatty fruits, and it is this natural fat content, and the fact that it is free from potentially harmful trans-fats that have helped palm oil to play such an important role in our food.

Of course, it very much depends on the food. Red palm oil might be a healthy match for your salad, but palm oil will not make that chocolate spread any more or less healthy, it’s about good things in moderation.

Product   Quality Guideline
Local Malaysian Delivered CPO (PORAM / MPOA) CPO
  • FFA 5.00% max
  • M&I 0.25% max
    (>0.25% to 0.5% adjustment 1:1 on load basis)
    (>0.5% rejectable on load basis)
  • DOBI 2.3min
    (<2.3 to 2.1, RM3.00pmt discount on load basis)
    (<2.1, rejectable on load basis)
Indonesian CPO  
  • FFA 5.00% max & M&I 0.50% max
Product   Item Quality Guideline
RBD Palm Olein RBD PL
  • FFA (as palmitic)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • M.Pt (AOCS Cc 3-25)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • 0.10% max
  • 0.10% max
  • 56 min.
  • 24 Deg C max
  • 3 Red max.
RBD Palm Oil RBD PO
  • FFA (as palmitic)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • M.Pt (AOCS Cc 3-25)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • 0.10% max
  • 0.10% max
  • 50 – 55
  • 33 – 39 Deg C
  • 3 Red max.
RBD Palm Stearin RBD PS
  • FFA (as palmitic)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • M.Pt (AOCS Cc 3-25)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • 0.20% max
  • 0.15% max
  • 48 max
  • 44 Deg C max
  • 3 Red max.
Palm Fatty Acid Distillate PFAD
  • Saponifiable Fatty Matter
  • M & I
  • FFA ( as palmitic)
  • 95% min. (basis 97%)
  • 1.00% max.
  • 70% min.
Palm Acid Oil PAO
  • Total Fatty Matter
  • M & I
  • FFA ( as palmitic)
  • 95% min.
  • 3% max.
  • 50% min.
Crude Palm Olein CPL
  • FFA (as palmitic)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • M.Pt (AOCS Cc 3-25)
  • 5.00% max
  • 0.25% max
  • 56 min.
  • 24 Deg C max
Crude Palm Stearin CPS
  • FFA (as palmitic)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • M.Pt (AOCS Cc 3-25)
  • 5.00 % max
  • 0.25% max
  • 48 max.
  • 44 Deg C min.
Product   Item Quality Guideline
RBD Palm Kernel Oil RBD PKO
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
RBD Palm Kernel Olein RBD PKL
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • 0.10% max
  • 0.10% max
  • 21 min
  • Red 1.5 max
RBD Palm Kernel Stearin RBD PKS
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • 0.10% max
  • 0.10% max
  • 8 max
  • Red 1.5 max
Crude Palm Kernel Oil CPKO
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • 5.00% max
  • 0.50% max
  • 19 max at time of shipment
Crude Palm Kernel Olein CPKL
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • 5.00% max
  • 0.50% max
  • 21 min
Crude Palm Kernel Stearin CPKS
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • 5.00% max
  • 0.50% max
  • 8 max
Palm Kernel Fatty Acid Distillate PKFAD
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • TFM
  • 50% min
  • 1% max
  • 95% min
RBD Coconut Oil RBD CNO
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • Colour (5.25″ Lovibond cell)
  • 0.10% max
  • 0.10% max
  • 7.5 – 10.5
  • Red 1.5 max
Crude Coconut Oil (Grade 1) CCNO
  • FFA (as lauric acid)
  • M & I
  • Iodine Value (Wijs)
  • 1.00% max
  • 0.50% max
  • 7.5 – 10.5
Product   Quality Guideline
Futures CPO FCPO
  • CPO of good merchantable quality, in bulk & unbleached
  • FFA 4% max when delivered into Port Tank Installations
  • FFA 5% max when delivered from Port Tank Installations
  • M & I 0.25% max
  • DOBI 2.50 min when delivered into Port Tank Installations
  • DOBI 2.31 min when delivered from Port Tank Installations