Palm Oil Quality as a New Challenge for Palm Cultivation Worldwide
Producers of crude palm oil (CPO) worldwide have seen the need to adapt to the latest quality requirements of various markets and the regulatory requirements of the countries where this oil is marketed. Buyers are demanding more and new quality parameters when negotiating CPO, a raw material that is essential to produce different foods. Today, heavy metals, traces of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, chloropropanols, and chlorine and phosphorus compounds are most frequently monitored during the evaluation of the properties and characteristics of crude and refined palm oil for marketing. In addition to these quality parameters, other commonly used parameters, such as the free fatty acids (FFA) content, the deterioration o bleachability index (DOBI), and humidity and impurities, should also be considered. Currently, extensive work is being carried out in the search for good cultivation, processing and refining practices that guarantee the reduction of CPO contaminant compounds and pollutant precursors for refined oils. On the other hand, CPO has many minorcompounds with high nutritional potential and the capacity to generate high value-added elements that have not been adequately utilized. This article aims to present some of the characteristics that contribute nutritional value to palm oil and the new challenges the oil palm sector faces regarding the presence and reduction of pollutant precursors and pollutants formed during palm oil production. Likewise, it aims to highlight the practices that have been successful in mitigating these compounds.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Fedepalma
2021
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| Online Access: | https://publicaciones.fedepalma.org/index.php/palmas/article/view/13450 |
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