The cold filter plugging point (CFPP) has been widely used to evaluate the low-temperature operability of neat biodiesel and biodiesel–petrodiesel blends in many European Asian countries. In this study, six kinds palm biodiesels (palm oil, stearin, olein methyl esters undistilled distilled forms) two Taiwanese major petrodiesels (CPC FPCC) were adopted examine their CFPP from 100 vol% (B100) di...

Lard is one of the main animal fats used as shortening and frying medium. Religious prohibitions negative health perceptions regarding have caused concerns about consumption lard among communities living around world. Various research efforts been made in past to formulate plant-based shortenings substitutes for exclusion from food. This would eventually help countries regularize food formulati...

Thermal behavior of palm stearin (PS) and palm olein (PO) was explored by monitoring peak temperature transitions by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The fatty acid composition (FAC), isothermal crystallization kinetics studied by pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (pNMR) and isothermal microstructure were also compared. The results indicated that the fatty acid composition had an import...

Bulk Frying Oil (BFO) derived from semi-purified crude palm oil is widely used in Indonesia. Different from refined-bleached-deodorized palm olein that usually undergo full purification and fractionation, BFO is considered as lower quality because it still contains soft stearin fraction. Long shelf life and the reusability of frying oil could be improved by the addition of synthetic antioxidant...