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October 27-29, 2016 Rome, Italy
15th International Conference on
Food Processing & Technology
Volume 7, Issue 12 (Suppl) J Food Process Technol 2016
ISSN: 2157-7110 JFPT, an open access journal Food Technology 2016
October 27-29, 2016
Effect of postharvest handling operations of oil palm fruits (Elaeis guineensis) on quality of crude palm oil
I H R Uthpala, P C Arampath and M S Bandara
Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, palm oil cultivation and processing of palm oil fruits has been operated as a commercial scale since last decade. Effect
of postharvest handling operations of palm oil fruits such as transportation, temporary storage at the ramp, damages occurred
during the transport and handling of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) were investigated in crude palm oil (CPO). The quality of CPO is
mostly determined based on free fatty acid (FFA), moisture and impurities content. FFB of palm oil stored for 6, 12, 18 hours with
different percentage of fruit damages (0%, 20%, 40% & 60%) were determined. There was a direct relationship between FFA content
and storage period (r=0.993). There was no significant effect of fruits received by normal transportation on FFA and moisture content
(p<0.05). The interactive effect of palm oil fruits damage and storage period on FFA was significant (p<0.05). There was a significant
effect of fruit damage on FFA content of CPO (p<0.05). The FFA and moisture content of CPO is positively correlated with the
storage period of palm oil fruits and moisture content is negatively correlated with the damage percentage of oil palm fruit. Harvested
palm oil fruits at 0% surface damage can be stored for 57 h which comply with the quality standard (FFA<5%, moisture<0.3% and
impurities<0.2%).
Biography
I H R Uthpala has completed her at the age of 26 years from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in the stream of Food Science and Technology as well as is
reading in the same university. This reaserch has been done at AEN Palm Oil Processing (Pvt) Ltd, Baduraliya, Sri Lanka with the advise of Mr. P.C. Arampath
and Mr.(Eng) M. S. Bandara. She is the Quality Assurance executive in leading palm oil manufacturing organization, AEN Palm Oil Processing (Pvt) ltd, Sri Lanka.
She has written manuscripts, research papers, reviews related to food technology.
I H R Uthpala et al., J Food Process Technol 2016, 7:12 (Suppl)