Re: More on Nutrition Data - Vitamin E in Red Palm Oil

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--- Jane Rowland wrote:

> Does anyone know the vitamin E content in any particular serving of

> palm oil?

About 7 mg per tablespoon (468 mg/L tocopherols and tocotrienols)

according to this article:

http://www.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F152e/8F152E04.htm

" Red palm oil (RPO), besides providing calorie density to the diet, is

also the richest natural source of ß-carotene, a precursor of vitamin

A and an antioxidant that destroys singlet oxygen and free radicals.

Chemical analysis of the fatty acid composition of RPO indicates that

it has 50% saturated, 40% mono-unsaturated, and 10% polyunsaturated

fatty acids. RPO contains 550 µg/g of total carotenoids, of which 375

µg/g represent ß-carotene. It also contains 1,000 µg/g of tocopherols

and tocotrienols "