We’ve put together a guide explaining what palm oil is, what it is used for and why it’s bad for the planet, as well as helpful information on how to buy palm oil free products. Palm oil is an ...

Palm oil can raise “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke. What makes an oil healthy or unhealthy comes down to what kind of fats ...

Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy fruit, and palm kernel oil which comes from crushing the kernel, or the stone in the middle of the fruit. Oil palm ...

Tropical oils, such as palm oil, palm kernel oil, and coconut oil, are all high in saturated fats. Saturated fats can increase low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad") cholesterol and triglycerides and ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Palm oil is a cheap and ubiquitous. It's used in thousands of everyday products and is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet. You can get a ...

For millennia humans have boiled and pounded their fruit to extract cooking oil, burned their seed-kernel ... palm oil consumption radically. The only way forward is to make its production less bad.

A University of Kent expert says Iceland's move to ban palm oil products from its stores could backfire. It comes as the retailer's had its Christmas Advert which focused on palm oil's impact on ...

while oil palm fruits will produce oil palm fibres, palm kernel shells, and EFB after being harvested and crushed to extract the oils. Its fibre waste can be used in many things like mulching ...

Now the question is, is palm oil good or bad for the planet? On one hand, palm oil is said to be a super-efficient oil crop as it takes less land to produce the same amount of oil as other oils ...

Palm oil is used in everything from cosmetics to food to soap. There is enormous demand for it. But it is hugely controversial because it involves the clearing of tropical rainforests to grow palm ...

With no end in sight to sky-high prices for palm oil, Japanese businesses have idled their power plants that burn it to generate electricity. And they do not appear ready to resume operations ...

The MPOB imposed RM16 per tonne of crude palm oil (CPO) produced with effect from March 1, 2021 by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Cess) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2021. It used to be RM14.