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Palm Oil & Derivatives

Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil extracted from the mesocarp (flesh) of the oil palm’s fruits. In crude form, it is semi-solid at room temperature and bright orange-red in color. This is due, respectively, to 50:50 unsaturated & saturated fatty acid composition of the oil and the presence of carotenes, which are abundant in the oil.

Being semi-solid at room temperature, it has a competitive edge against competing ‘soft’ vegetable oil like soybean, sunflower and rapeseed oils because it can be readily used for semi-solid and solid food applications (such as making margarine and a donut). Unlike palm oil, the oil of soybean, rapeseed and sunflower needs to undergo a ‘hardening’ process known as hydrogenation prior to use in these applications. The health issue associated with hydrogenation is that the process, while adding cost to food manufacturers, also produces harmful trans fat in the final products.

The versatility of palm oil in the food applications is further enhanced with the fractionation process. Here, palm oil is physically fractionated into a liquid portion (called olein) and a solid portion (called stearin). Olein is normally known as cooking oil while stearin is used as a solid fat.

While we work with a variety of palm oil derivatives, our focus is mainly on Crude Palm Oil (CPO), RBD Palm Olein CP6/CP8/CP10, Palm Acid Oil (PAO), Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE), and Palm Kernel Shell (PKS).

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ICUMSA 45 Sugar

The International Commission for Uniform Methods for Sugar Analysis (ICUMSA) is a world-wide body which brings together the activities of the National Committees for Sugar Analysis in more than thirty member countries.

An ICUMSA rating is an international unit for expressing the purity of the sugar in solution, and is directly related to the colour of the sugar. Be aware that there are different types of ICUMSA units.

For Brazilian sugar, the lower the ICUMSA figure the whiter the sugar. For example, in Brazil SGS has an ICUMSA rating of 45 rbu for refined, indicating the highest quality, with other grades of lower quality (such as Special Extra Crystal) having a higher ICUMSA of 150 and so forth.

While we specialise in ICUMSA 45 sugar from Brazil, below are some general guidelines on the ratings based on the Brazilian system:

ICUMSA 45 - White Refined Granulated Sugar: The most highly refined form of sugar. This sugar has a sparkling white color, and is the type most often sold direct to consumers in the form of sugar cubes, bags of sugar, and in sugar sachets.
ICUMSA 100 – 150 - Extra Special White Crystal Sugar: Considered food grade sugar, this sugar is often used in large scale baking, drinks making, or the production of other food stuffs.
ICUMSA 200 - Special White Crystal Sugar: Food grade sugar suitable for less demanding applications where appearance is not integral to the function of the sugar.
ICUMSA 600-800 - Consumable Brown Sugar: This sugar is consumable by humans, and is generally regarded as being very tasty on porridge.
Any sugar above ICUMSA 800 is not suitable for humans however, and needs to undergo further refining to remove bacteria and other contaminants.
ICUMSA 800-1200 - Very High Polarization (VHP) Sugar.
ICUMSA 1600 – 2000 - Raw Sugar: Suitable for further refining, and in some areas of the world may be incorporated into foodstuffs or beauty products.
ICUMSA 4600 MAX - Very Raw Sugar: This type of sugar has undergone very little refining, if any. This is generally regarded as being raw sugar which is then sent to refineries to be refined into any of the above grades of sugar

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Wood Pellets

Wood pellets are biomass fuel made from either wood residue (sawdust, shavings and offcuts, which are by-products of wood processing), or from freshly cut timber especially felled for the production of wood pellets. This includes compressed biomass matter, usually attained by recycling by-products from the milling of lumber, construction, and agriculture, such as chips, shavings, and sawdust.

Producing much less carbon than fossil fuels, wood pellets are considered a sustainable and renewable energy source. They’re also more efficient than raw biomass due to the low moisture content and higher density. Very high temperatures are used to dry the material and it is then compacted in a pelletizer. The naturally occurring organic binders (lignin) in the wood are being utilized in the process, meaning that no artificial additives are needed.

Wood pellets are used in both domestic and industrial applications. Many people in colder climates worldwide use wood pellet boilers or stoves to heat their homes. For industrial electricity generation, wood pellets are used as a low-carbon alternative in place of coal. Pellets are ground back to dust, the dust is combined with air, and the resulting mixture is fed continuously to a flame which creates steam to generate electricity.

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