Cocos pulposa palm kernel oil

Summary

The kernels from the palm Cocos pulposa received from Uruguay contained 59.5 per cent of oil and 4.8 per cent of moisture. The expressed oil gave the following characteristics: Saponification value, 260.3; iodine number (Hanus), 24.6; thiocyanogen value, 22.4; Reichert-Meissl value, 71; and Polenske value, 24.8. It contained 0.44 per cent of unsaponifiable matter and the following percentages of acids: Caproic, 1.47; caprylic, 9.4; capric, 13.2; lauric, 34.4; myristic, 6.6; palmitic, 1.8 and stearic, 1.3. The chief uses for which the oil is suited are for making soap and, after refining, as an ingredient in the manufacture of margarin.