The
palm and palm kernel fractions are further
processed to convert them to special value-
added products, in various food applications
ranging from healthy frying to gourmet chocolates.
Various state-of-the-art and in-house developed
processes are used for these modifications.
Some of these processes are fractionation,
hydrogenation, interesterification, formulations
and texturisation.
Fractionation is used to
produce many soft and hard trans-free
fractions and many mid-fractions with
unique qualities for special applications.
Hydrogenation is a chemical
modification process which hardens soft
oils or fractions to produce products
with unique melting profiles to meet special
applications in the food industry.
Inter-esterification,
which is gaining more prominence in the
industry, is a process which modifies
oils and fats functions by chemically
rearranging the triglyceride molecules.
This process can be used to produce healthy
fats without the dreaded trans-fats.
Formulation is a process
where various fats and fractions are combined
to meet specific applications. Exotic
fats such as illipe and shea fats, are
processed for formulating cocoa butter
equivalents.
Texturisation is a process
where the final formulated fats are chilled
and crystallised to meet the right stable
consistency suitable for some applications
such as creaming and baking, and for long
distance transportation.
These processes are used either individually
or in combination to produce suitable fats
for various applications.
The
raw materials which are commonly used in
the production of oleochemicals include
RBD palm oil, RBD palm stearin, crude palm
kernel oil / coconut oil and tallow.
Oleochemicals are produced by splitting
oils or fats through a hydrolysis (using
water) or alcoholysis / trans-esterification
(using alcohol) process. Hydrolysis produces
fatty acids and glycerin while alcoholysis
produces fatty acid esters and glycerine.
The other processes involved to further
transform fatty acid or fatty esters include
hydrogenation (conversion of unsaturated
fatty acids into saturated fatty acids),
distillation (purification) and fractionation
(separation of fatty acid by degree of saturation).
Biodiesel
is a basic oleochemical and is produced
through the trans-esterification of RBD
vegetable oils using methanol, in the presence
of a catalyst.
The process is followed by neutralisation,
separation of crude biodiesel and crude
glycerin and methanol recovery for re-use
in the process.
Crude biodiesel and crude glycerin undergo
a purification process to produce methyl
ester biodiesel and refined glycerine.
Our
palm and lauric oils, and related products have
a number of important edible and industrial applications
in many industries including food manufacturing,
cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries as well
as the biodiesel sector.
Our main products are as follows: (click on each product
for details)
RBD palm oil can be further processed into RBD
palm olein and RBD palm stearin. RBD palm olein,
which has a lower proportion of saturated oil
than RBD palm stearin, is mainly used as cooking
oil and in industrial frying of processed foods.
RBD palm stearin is mainly used in the manufacturing
of specialty fats and oleochemicals. Palm kernel
oil and coconut oil, also known as lauric oils,
have a high proportion of lauric acid and are
primarily used for the production of specialty
fats and oleochemicals.
Consumer
Pack Edible Oils
We produce a wide range of
consumer pack edible oils in various sizes.
The oils used is either pure vegetable oils
or a blend of various oils such as groundnut
oil blended with soya bean oil to produce groundnut
flavour edible oils. We pack and merchandise
a wide variety of cooking oils under our own
brands. Please click
here for more information on our consumer
pack edible oils business.
Specialty
Fats
Our
specialty fats products include cocoa butter
equivalents (CBE), cocoa butter replacers
(CBR), cocoa butter substitutes (CBS), specially
formulated filling fats, creaming fats, ice-cream
fats, milk fat replacers, shortenings, margarines,
frying fats and many tailor-made fats to suit
customers' requirements. They are widely used
in chocolate coating fats, chocolates, sugar
confectionery, bread, pastry, cakes, cream
filling (for candy, wafers, biscuits) and
coffee whitener.
Oleochemicals
Our
oleochemicals products include fatty acids,
fatty alcohols, soap noodles, glycerine and
other derivatives. They are used in a variety
of applications including the manufacturing
of detergents, shampoos, soaps, cosmetics,
pharmaceutical products, food additives, plastics,
lubricants, surface coatings and polymers.
Biodiesel
We produce palm oil methyl ester and palm
olein methyl ester. Wilmar's biodiesel meets
the European (EN14214) and USA (ASTM D6751)
standards. It contains virtually zero sulphur,
burning cleaner than traditional petroleum-based
fuel.
The
palm and palm kernel fractions are further
processed to convert them to special value-
added products, in various food applications
ranging from healthy frying to gourmet chocolates.
The
raw materials which are commonly used in
the production of oleochemicals include
RBD palm oil, RBD palm stearin, crude palm
kernel oil / coconut oil and tallow.
Biodiesel
is a basic oleochemical and is produced
through the trans-esterification of RBD
vegetable oils using methanol, in the presence
of a catalyst.
Our
bulk edible oil products are mainly:
Our
specialty fats products include cocoa butter
equivalents (CBE), cocoa butter replacers
(CBR), cocoa butter substitutes (CBS), specially
formulated filling fats, creaming fats, ice-cream
fats, milk fat replacers, shortenings, margarines,
frying fats and many tailor-made fats to suit
customers' requirements. They are widely used
in chocolate coating fats, chocolates, sugar
confectionery, bread, pastry, cakes, cream
filling (for candy, wafers, biscuits) and
coffee whitener. 
Our
oleochemicals products include fatty acids,
fatty alcohols, soap noodles, glycerine and
other derivatives. They are used in a variety
of applications including the manufacturing
of detergents, shampoos, soaps, cosmetics,
pharmaceutical products, food additives, plastics,
lubricants, surface coatings and polymers.
