alm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarpa of the fruit of oil palms, mainly the oil of the African palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa
Parameters |
Method of |
The specifications |
Melting point ( 0 C) |
AOCS Cc 3-25 (1989) |
24 0 C. |
Iodine value (Wijs) |
AOC 1b-87 (1992) |
56 min 60 |
Cloud point |
|
10 or 8 or 6 |
Free fatty acids (%, as palmitic) |
AOC 5a-40 (1989) |
0.10 pct. |
Moisture and impurities |
MPOGC test methods |
0.10 pct. |
Color (5.14 Lovibond Cell) |
BS 684, Section 1.14: 1987 |
3 red. |