Palm oil and palm kernel oil

The most eye-catching and most valuable thing about oil palm is its large bunch of fruits. Oil palm fruit is composed of exocarp, mesocarp, endocarp and core. The mature mesocarp is also called pulp.

The oil content of fresh pulp reaches 60%. Through traditional pounding and cooking, or modern leaching and extraction, palm oil is obtained. The color of crude palm oil is usually orange-red, and even after refining it is often darker yellow, which is derived from the large amount of beta-carotene contained in the peel.

When the oil palm fruit is split in half, you can see the milky white oil palm kernel, which is the kernel part. The oil content in oil palm kernels is also quite rich. After extraction, lighter-colored palm kernel oil can be obtained. In addition to the different colors, the composition of palm oil and palm kernel oil is also quite different. This difference also determines the different uses of the two.

If palm oil is hydrogenated and saturated, you will get hydrogenated palm oil with properties similar to butter - and it is also an important member of hydrogenated vegetable oils in the food market, such as margarine, margarine, etc. on the market, the main ingredients of which are It's palm oil.

The light-colored palm kernel oil is warm and delicate in nature, very similar to coconut oil, and has a light and slightly fruity taste. It can replace the function of coconut oil and be eaten with meals. In addition, palm kernel oil can replace part of the cocoa butter in making chocolate and other desserts.

However, the greater use of palm kernel oil is not on the dining table, but as a raw material for high-end cosmetics and skin care products. Good soap should add a certain proportion of palm kernel oil to make it smoother and more comfortable. Palm kernel oil can also be found in hand creams, facial masks and other products.

The oil palm has unknowingly infiltrated each of our lives with its rich oil, making it the well-deserved "King of Oil" in the world. Henan Huatai supply palm oil machine, palm kernel oil machine, palm oil processing mill, palm kernel oil mill plant, any need please email to info01@cnoilmachine.com