Crude Palm Oil

Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Standard Specification:
FFA ( as of Palmatic): 5% Maximum
Moisture & Impurities: 0.25% Maximum Iodine Value: 56 MinimumMelting Point: 36 - 50 deg. Maximum DOBI: 2.31 Minimum. Cloud point: 3.5R 3.5Y

Crude Palm Oil (CPO)

CPO is the liquid oil extracted from the outer layer or mesocarp of the oil palm fruit-lets during the milling process. The crude palm oil is semi-solid at room temperature but turns into Orange liquid oil upon slight heating. Refined palm oil when fractionated produces liquid cooking oil (RBD olein) and solid fat (RBD stearin). Crude palm oil traded in the market is defined with following

Free Fatty Acid (as palmatic) = 5% max
Moisture & Impurities = 0.5% max