Non-Food Applications
Non-Food Applications
Many different businesses and products use fats because of their special properties in ways that not related to food. In addition to being used for food consumption, these products can also be used in biofuels, cosmetics, medicines, and lubricants. Essential oils and fats are found in many skin care products because they protect and moisturize the skin. They are used as fillers and carriers for drug delivery systems in the pharmacy industry. Overall, the uses of fats in area other than food shows how versatile and important they are in many areas besides food applications.
Pharmaceuticals
FGV IFFCO also produces a wide range of non-lauric oils which are used in the pharmaceutical industry as stabilizers, emulsifiers and coating agents in capsules. We can develop specific products with or without antioxidants depending on the customer’s specific requirements.
Paint
Siccative (drying) oils are vegetable oils that dry to a hard finish at normal room temperature. The polyunsaturated acid (linoleic and linolenic acids) content of drying oil is high. Such oils are used in paint and in other paint and wood-finishing applications. Walnut, sunflower, safflower, dammar, linseed are drying oils. Paint may also include additional siccative such as alkyd resin. Palm oil is used in the synthesis of alkyd resins.
Candles
Palm wax is highly resistant to melting in the summer months temperatures and contracts well in moulded candle making, easing removal from moulds. Palm wax mixes well with colour, other types of wax and holds fragrances well. Palm wax does not require any additives other than colour and fragrance.
Polymers
Epoxidized palm oil can be used as a plasticizer for polylactic acid. Epoxidized palm oil is an epoxidized derivative of a mixture of esters of glycerol with various saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Myristic and palmitic acids, derived primarily from palm oil, are also used as plasticizers in cellulosic polymers.
Personal Care
FGV IFFCO also produces a wide range of lauric and non-lauric oils which are used in the chemical industry for personal care products such as soaps, shampoos and other applications for the personal care industry. We can develop specific products with or without antioxidants, depending on the customer’s specific requirements.
Cosmetics
Palm oil and palm kernel oil are used in most cosmetics as a binding agent. Other ingredients that are derived from palm oil include sodium lauryl sulphate, cetyl alcohol, stearic acid, isopropyl and other palmitates and fatty alcohol sulphate. Powdered stearins are used as carriers and cocoa butter substitutes are used in lipstick formulations.
Soaps
Palm kernel oil and coconut oil add hardness to the soap bar and promote a stable and creamy lather. It is recommended to use less than 30% of the oil in the soap recipe as it can get dry when oil content is higher. When making soap with palm oil, the glycerin yield is lower than coconut oil. Despite the lower glycerin levels, palm oil is still appealing because of the nice creamy, stable lather it produces and the hardness it adds to the soap. Palm and palm kernel oils have higher oxidative stability and retain perfume better.
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