Oil extraction rate (OER) is essential in measuring palm oil mills' performance and competence. One of the attempts to achieving high OER is exploring the possibility of recovering residual oil from palm oil mill effluent (POME). A recent technique called progressive freezing (PF) has been proposed to reclaim the residual oil from POME, forming a block of solid oil in the system. This article focuses on evaluating the quality of the recovered oil through its physicochemical characterization (free fatty acid (FFA), deterioration of bleachability (DOBI), moisture content and dirt analysis) before deciding on the subsequent usage or suitable treatment if needed. The results show that the residual oil contained 25 to 27 free fatty acid (FFA), 1.01 to 2.02 moisture content, 0.049 to 0.055 dirt and had deterioration of bleachability (DOBI) between 2.3 to 2.7. The recovered oil had been proposed to be suitable for recycle or utilization as a valueadded product such as biodiesel production. © 2023, Association of American Publishers. All rights reserved.