After researching this question on the Web with my six-year-old, I saw this: Modified palm oil was produced by interesterification of palm oil with tung oil at a weight ratio of 1:1, using sodium hydroxide as a catalyst, whereas carboxy-functional acrylic copolymer was prepared by radical copolymerization of n-butyl methacrylate and maleic anhydride We were reading ingredients of Nutella, a chocolaty breakfast spread imported from Canada. After reading the explanation above, we are still a little puzzled as to what Modified palmoil REALLY is! Isn't tung oil used for finishing wood!? Good grief!
Palm oil is an edible plant oil and is derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. It is naturally reddish in color because of a high beta-carotene content.
It is semi-solid at room temperatures and contains several saturated and unsaturated fats in the forms of glyceryl laurate (0.1%, saturated), myristate (1%, saturated), palmitate (44%, saturated), stearate (5%, saturated), oleate (39%, monounsaturated), linoleate (10%, polyunsaturated), and alpha-linolenate (0.3%, polyunsaturated).
Palm oil is produced from the fruit of the Elaeis guineensis palm.
It has been shown to be stable and versatile even without hydrogenation. Margarines and shortenings made from palm oil do not require hydrogenation. It's because palm oil provides the required solid fat content with little or no hydrogenation. Hydrogenation of oils produces saturated fatty acids as well as Trans- fatty acids and modified cis-fatty acids.
Medical Studies from the Harvard University, Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology suggested that more than 30,000 deaths per year in the country where research was done could be due to consumption of partially hydrogenated vegetable fat. Further, the number of attributable cases of non-fatal coronary Heart disease will be even greater.
Chemistry of Hydrogenation
Unsaturated fatty acids contain double bonds in their hydrocarbon chains. They can be converted to the corresponding saturated acid by catalytic hydrogenation. (also called reduction) This is a common industrial and laboratory operation in which hydrogen gas is reacted with the unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of metal catalyst (usually nickel or platinum).
In food industry, hydrogenation results in the conversion of liquid vegetable oils to solid or semi-solid fats, such as those present in margarine. During partial hydrogenation, some of the unsaturated fatty acids, which are normally found as the cis- isomer about the double bonds, are changed to a trans- double bond and remain unsaturated.
References:
Trans- Fat Free Palm Oil. Life Chemistry. Retrieved on 1 Sep, 2008 from http://life-chemistry.blogspot.com/2008/08/trans-fat-free-palm-oil.html
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Palm oil cake is the one which we get after the removal of Palm oil from the palm fruit
Palm Oil Sandwich Palm Oil Pie Palm Oil Pasty Palm Oil Casserole
oil palm
Red palm oil is made from the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). This differs from the oil made from the seed inside this fruit, called palm kernel oil (or sometimes palm oil), which is colorless and usually hydrogenated.
Coconut oil, Palm oil, and Palm Kernel oil
Palm oil is grown inSumatra and Borneo in the rain forests they burn it down and then cut the trees and kill any orangutan that had survived then they plant tree after tree of African palm that produces palm oil for our products in Tescos and Asda and all the other supermarkets that we buy not knowing that we are killing helpless animals.
Palm kernel comes from the oil palm tree. It's an edible seed and can produce palm kernel oil that comes from the kernel. The outer part of the seed can make palm oil.
Crude palm oil is actually the oil extracted from palm kernels before it is purified. It is edible and is quite delicious.
To extract oil from palm kernel, you need an oil press, an oilseeds roaster. First, crush the palm kernel into pieces; Second, fry palm kernel with an oilseeds roaster; Third, press oil from the palm kernel.
Generally, to extract oil from palm kernel with an oil press, you need to follow these steps: First, crush the palm kernel into pieces; Second, fry palm kernel; Third, press oil from the palm kernel.
Palm oil is extracted by pressing and crushing fruit of the oil palm that is called Elais Guinnesis. Then, they can be refined further to get the palm olein, which is in a liquid form.
No, oil palm is a flowering plant.