Oil and Fats Products

Distilled fatty acids are derived from both Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Oil and are produced from the splitting of fats at high temperature and pressure. Depending on customer requirements, they are available as broad cuts or purer fatty acids by simple or fractional distillation. Common applications for fatty acids include rubber processing, candles and cosmetic products or use as feedstock to produce derivatives such as MCTs, soap, and metallic soap. Intermediate chemicals such as fatty alcohols, fatty amines and fatty esters can also be manufactured from fatty acids. Depending on the grade/type of fatty acids, they are available in paper bags, bulker bags, drums, IBCs, flexibags, and bulk shipments.

Palm stearin is the solid fraction of palm oil that is produced by partial crystallization at controlled temperatures. It is more variable in composition than palm olein, the liquid fraction of palm oil, especially in terms of its solid fat content, and therefore has more variable physical characteristics. Like crude palm fruit oil, palm stearin contains carotenoids, but physically refined palm oils do not, as they are removed or destroyed in the refining process.

Crude Palm oil is an edible oil derived from pulp of oil palms. It is naturally reddish in colour as it contains high amounts of beta-carotene. Its scientific name is Elaeis guineensis.

Palm Oil is used for cooking and largely in Nigeria. Besides cooking purposes and food products, Palm Oil and derivatives known as fractions of the oil are used in the manufacture of pre-packaged food, cosmetics, cleaning products, hair care, soaps, and personal care items. Palm Wax is used in the manufacture of candles. It is also used to manufacture biofuel for motor vehicles, shipping, and aircraft fuel and one of its by-products is glycerin.