Small-scale production in the Congo basin of low-acid carotene-rich red palm oil | OCL

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Table 5

Acid values (AV) and peroxide values (PV) of red palm oils consumed in the Congo and in Gabon.

	Sample origin	AV	PV
Gabon	Survey (n = 10^*)	7.7 (1.4)	3.1 (1.7)
Gabon	P. Mvouma^** (n = 5)	8.7 (1.8)	3.2 (1.7)
Congo	Survey (n = 12)	24.7 (0.8)	8.0 (8.0)
Congo	RCL^*** (n = 9)	6.2 (1.8)	3.7 (1.8)

AV: acid value; PV: peroxide value.

n: studied sample number.

^**

Palm Plantation of Mvouma (Franceville, Gabon).

^***

Rural Campus of Loukoko (Congo).

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