Physicochemical and Thermal Properties of Locally Produced Oil Palm from Unwana Palm Plantation in Afikpo North Local Government of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

R.E. Nnam¹ , V.O. Obinna² , N.J. Emerenini³ , N.U. Okoro⁴

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.1 , pp.41-48, Feb-2021

Online published on Feb 28, 2021

Copyright © R.E. Nnam, V.O. Obinna, N.J. Emerenini, N.U. Okoro . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Unwana as one of the semi-urban communities in Ebonyi State, Nigeria is blessed with resources one of which is a palm plantation. This plantation is a major source of red palm oil consumed by both the community and its environs. This oil is consumed in its raw form without further refinement. Therefore, the need to assess the quality of the unrefined palm oil produced from the palm plantation cannot be overemphasized hence this research. The research is geared towards ascertaining whether the locally produced palm oil produced meet the required global standard for crude palm oil. The characteristic of the locally produced palm oil was investigated for its physical, chemical and thermal properties. The physical properties evaluated included Specific gravity, Viscosity and Refractive index of the oil; Chemical properties are the moisture content, FFA, Total Carotenoids, Total Polar compound, Saponification Value, Iodine value, Peroxide value and Ester value while for thermal properties, the melting, smoking, flash and fire points of the oil were evaluated. From the result of the analysis, the three properties considered fell within the recommended value for nutritional limit by SON, FAO and WHO. This shows that the locally produced red palm oil from Unwana plantation is healthy and fit for consumption.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Unwana, Palm oil, Physicochemical properties, Thermal properties; Oil mil; Nigeria

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