Piko

General Description
Piko is a fully refined, deodorized hydrogenated fat of palm kernel oil origin.

Characteristics
Piko is a lauric hard butter or confectionery fast suitable as total replacers of cocoa butter in confectionery coating. It is odourless, bland in flavour and shows good stability aganist oxidation. Piko series of products can be mixed with each other at any proportions. 

Applications
Depending on the desired quality of finished products. Liko is talored for use as coating and center application in biscuit, crackers, toffeesi wafers, caramels and vermicelli. Piko 360 is also recommended  for use in non-dair coffe creamer powder. However, Piko are not recommended for moulded items. Use Prima Choco and Choco for this application.

Packing

Piko is moulded into polyethylene bags and packed in cartons of 20 kg or 25 kg.

Stroge
It is essential to store Piko in the prijinal packing in a cool dry palace, preferably not above 20 Deg. C and with 60% relative humidity. It should not be exposed to bright sunligth and must be stored away from odouriferous materials.

Shipment
It is essential to stote Keko in the original packing in a cool and A 20 ft. container can load 1000 cartons of 25 kg each which is eguvalent to 20 metric tons.

 
Free Fatty Accid (as lauric tic) (AOCS Ca 5a-40) 0.1%max
Moisture &Impurities (AOCS Ca2c-25) 0.1%max
Lodine value (wijs) (AOCS Ca3-25) 1 max
Slip Melting Point (AOCS Ca 3-25) 33.5 -35.5 Deg.C
Saponification Value (AOCS Cd3-25) 240-250
Colour (Lovibond 5 1/4 cell) (model AF 900E) 1.Or 10y max
Solid Fat Content (pulse NMR)  

20 Deg. C

81-86

25 Deg. C

53-56

30 Deg. C

19-27

35 Deg. C

10 Max.

40 Deg. C 

3 Max.