Palm oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. It is naturally reddish in color because of a high beta-carotene content. Palm mesocarp oil is 49% saturated, while palm kernel oil is 81% saturated fats. However, crude red palm oil that has been refined, neutralized, bleached and deodorized, a common commodity called RBD (refined, bleached, and deodorized) palm oil, does not contain carotenoids.The palm oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel.
Palm oil is one of the world's most produced and consumed oils. This cheap, production-efficient and highly stable oil is used in a wide variety of food, cosmetic and hygiene products, and can be used as source for bio-fuel or biodiesel. Most palm oil is produced in Asia, Africa and South America because the trees require warm temperatures, sunshine and plenty of rain in order to maximize production.
A negative side-effect of palm oil production - apart from its impact on people's health due to the high level of saturated fat - is that the palm oil business is a key driver of deforestation in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia is the world's largest producer and exporter of palm oil but it is also the largest greenhouse gas emitter after China and the United States.
Global palm oil production is dominated by Indonesia and Malaysia. These two countries, together, account for around 85 to 90 percent of total global palm oil production. Indonesia is the largest producer and exporter of palm oil worldwide.
Over the long term, global palm oil demand shows an increasing trend as an expanding global population gives rise to rising consumption of food and cosmetic products that contain some sort of material that is derived from palm oil. Meanwhile, various governments across the globe encourage the use of biofuel.
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