Question 1: What is palm oil, and what makes it so important? Answer: Palm oil (derived from the oil palm species Elaeis guineensis) is the most widely traded and consumed vegetable oil in the world.

Before the waking sun had painted the mountains out my window a pale pink, before I’d even made it into the kitchen, I already had palm oil on my hands, face, and tongue. I coaxed my sleepy son ...

Palm oil is one of the world’s most widely used vegetable oils and found in nearly 50 percent of all packaged products, according to the World Wildlife Fund. It plays a vital role in ...

Utilisation of BSF larvae could help to stem the expansion of damaging palm oil production, researchers from UK-based consultancy Tunley Environmental, claim in a new study. Cultivation of palm for ...

One ingredient that has come under scrutiny is palm oil. However, before drawing conclusions about the world’s most widely used edible oil, it is crucial that we examine the scientific evidence ...

Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), native to West Africa but now widely grown in tropical regions, particularly in ...

Palm oil stocks drop for third consecutive month to 1.71 mln T Crude palm oil output falls 8.3% in December to 1.49 mln T Palm oil exports plunge 9.97% to 1.34 mln T on weak demand KUALA LUMPUR ...

Tropical oils like palm oil are widely used but health expert are raising concerns against their adverse effect on health. According to a report by News Medical Lifesciences, Palm oil has diverse ...

MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The rebound in palm oil prices is likely to be capped by abundant supplies of rival soyoil and sunflower oil, "soft" oils that are available at discounts to tropical palm ...

Fats can be simplified into two categories: “good” fats and “bad” fats. The types of fats in the “good” category include monosaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats. These types of ...