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    DOBI stands for "Deterioration of Bleaching Index" and is a simple spectrophotometric measurement used to predict how easily crude palm oil can be bleached during refining. DOBI is calculated as the absorbance at 446nm divided by the absorbance at 269nm, with higher numbers indicating better quality oil that is easier to bleach. Absorbance at 446nm relates to carotene content while 269nm relates to oxidation, and factors affecting these will impact the DOBI value, so minimizing carotene deterioration and oxidation leads to better DOBI scores.

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    DOBI stands for "Deterioration of Bleaching Index" and is a simple spectrophotometric measurement used to predict how easily crude palm oil can be bleached during refining. DOBI is calculated as the absorbance at 446nm divided by the absorbance at 269nm, with higher numbers indicating better quality oil that is easier to bleach. Absorbance at 446nm relates to carotene content while 269nm relates to oxidation, and factors affecting these will impact the DOBI value, so minimizing carotene deterioration and oxidation leads to better DOBI scores.

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    What Is DOBI

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    Uma Shankar Balakrishnan
    DOBI stands for "Deterioration of Bleaching Index" and is a simple spectrophotometric measurement used to predict how easily crude palm oil can be bleached during refining. DOBI is calculated as the absorbance at 446nm divided by the absorbance at 269nm, with higher numbers indicating better quality oil that is easier to bleach. Absorbance at 446nm relates to carotene content while 269nm relates to oxidation, and factors affecting these will impact the DOBI value, so minimizing carotene deterioration and oxidation leads to better DOBI scores.

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    Acronym for "Deterioration of Bleaching Index" Easily obtained by simple spectrophotometric measurement and is used to predict the ease of bleaching of crude palm oil during refining Is defined as the numerical ratio of the uncorrected absorbance at 446nm to that at 269nm DOBI = (Absorbance at 446nm) / (Absorbance at 269nm) Crude palm oil quality : DOBI - Good (3-4) ; Average (2-3) ; Poor (<1) Absorbance 446 is related to carotene content Absorbance 269 is related to secondary oxidation of crude palm oil Factors effecting these two parameters will thus also affect the DOBI value To have good DOBI value, attempts must be taken to minimise deterioration of carotene and also oxidation
    Source - T.S.Tang /MPOB

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