Optimization of palm oil physical refining process for reduction of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) ester formation

• Main Authors: Zulkurnain, Musfirah, Lai, Oi Ming, Tan, Soo Choon, Abd Latif, Razam, Tan, Chin Ping
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28141/1/Optimization%20of%20palm%20oil%20physical%20refining%20process%20for%20reduction%20of%203.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28141/; http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf4009185

The reduction of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) ester formation in refined palm oil was achieved by incorporation of additional processing steps in the physical refining process to remove chloroester precursors prior to the deodorization step. The modified refining process was optimized for t...