Product Description

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa.Palm oil in many countries is used as a simple frying oil, but many other markets make use of both palm and palm kernel oil: Consumer retail food and snack manufacturers. Personal care and cosmetics (mainly palm kernel oil) Biofuel and energy.If the label states vegetable oil and then goes on to state the amount of saturated fat you can count on that vegetable oil being either palm kernel oil, palm oil or coconut. This is a way of potentially identifying if a product has palm oil in it as other vegetable oils are not saturated.

                        Palm oil is obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Palm oil is used for preventing vitamin A deficiency, cancer, brain disease, aging; and treating malaria, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cyanide poisoning. Palm oil is used for weight loss and increasing the body's metabolism.

                     Palm oil demand continues to grow because it is the most versatile of all vegetable oils. This is because palm, palm kernel oil can be processed to form a wide range of products with different melting points, consistencies and characteristics.Oil palms generally begin to produce fruits *0 months after being planted in the fields with commercial harvest commencing six months later. However, the yield of an oil palm is relatively low at this stage. As the oil palm continues to mature, its yield increases and it reaches peak production in years seven to *8.Life Span. Like humans and other animals, palm trees live for a predetermined number of years. For example, the Mexican fan palm, an icon of Los Angeles, lives for about **0 years. Coconut palms live *0 to *0 years.