is called palm kernel oil. Palm oil is one of the most widely used edible fats in the world and is consumed in many countries. Palm oil has properties that may offer health benefits, such as vitamin E ...

Since, palm oil's popularity has done nothing but rise. Demand spiked again in the '90s, as companies suddenly realized the negative health implications of the trans fats found in many processed ...

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 ...

For millennia humans have boiled and pounded their fruit to extract cooking oil, burned their seed-kernel ... those forests. Health concerns over trans fats fueled the boom—palm oil replaced ...

THE sustainable palm oil production in Malaysia is the consequence of many people’s long years of suffering and sacrifice. This obvious land-based, capital-intensive, risky and long-haul ...

Palm trunks can be utilised for organic fertiliser, mulching, particleboard, fibreboard, plywood, paper production, and others, while oil palm fruits will produce oil palm fibres, palm kernel ...

WWF's Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard assesses manufacturers, retailers, food service and hospitality companies on their commitments and actions in favour of sustainable palm oil, helping to build a culture ...

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 ...

Palm oil can be found in many things, from make-up to pizza, soap to chocolate. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains how the demand for palm oil is unfortunately leading to ...

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Palm oil has found its way into more than half of packaged products Americans consume, in part because it's so cheap and easy to grow.

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 ...