Palm nuts and Palm kernel shell

Description

A mature African oil palm nuts (Elaeis guineensis), palm kernel, shells. The fruits are harvested for their oil-rich mesocarp (pulp) and seeds. Like coconuts, the seeds are rich in saturated fatty acids such as palmitic acid. Palmitic acid has all single bonds between the carbon atoms and is similar to animal fat (stearic acid), except it has *6 rather than *8 carbons. Our  Palm oils are used primarily for soaps and candles, but they are also found in margarines and candy.