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. 2018 Mar 9;6(4):773–782. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.614

Table 1.

Quality variation in palm oils based on regional differences

Quality parameters	Regions
Quality parameters	Central	North	South
Free fatty acid (%)	8.98 ± 0.54^a	8.17 ± 0.20^b	7.12 ± 0.41^c
Acid value (%)	17.96 ± 1.08^a	16.34 ± 0.40^b	14.24 ± 0.82^c
Peroxide value (meqO₂/kg)	3.97 ± 0.71^a	2.23 ± 0.38^b	0.99 ± 0.15^c
K _232 nm	0.27 ± 0.04^a	0.27 ± 0.05^a	0.25 ± 0.04^a
K _270 nm	0.16 ± 0.07^a	0.18 ± 0.03^a	0.09 ± 0.02^b
ΔK	0.12 ± 0.06^a	0.14 ± 0.03^a	0.05 ± 0.02^b
R‐value	1.95 ± 0.75^b	1.53 ± 0.22^b	2.85 ± 0.80^a
Carotene (mg/kg)	737.83 ± 53.49^a	608.80 ± 42.42^b	501.70 ± 17.56^c
Chlorophyll (mg/kg)	0.08 ± 0.02^b	0.20 ± 0.07^a	0.03 ± 0.01^c
Color density	2.04 ± 0.58^b	2.44 ± 0.54^a	2.03 ± 0.39^b

Means that do not share a letter (superscript) are significantly different at p ≤ .05.