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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 is naturally reddish in color because of a high beta-carotene content. It is not to be confused with palm kernel oil derived from the kernel of the same fruit, or coconut oil derived from the kernel of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). The differences are in color (raw palm kernel oil lacks carotenoids and is not red), and in saturated fat content: Palm mesocarp oil is 41% saturated, while Palm Kernel oil and Coconut oil are 81% and 86% saturated respectively.

Along with coconut oil, palm oil is one of the few highly saturated vegetable fats and is semi-solid at room temperature. Like most plant-based products, palm oil contain "zero" cholesterol.

Palm Oil

What is it?

 

 

What is Palm Oil in?

Palm Oil is in a lot of products a few are listed below:

 

 

  • Aunt Bessie's

  • Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts

  • Cadbury's

  • Johnsons's

  • Flora

  • Clover

  • Clinique

  • Colgate

  • Kit Kat

  • Quality Street

  • Pringles

  • Pot Noodle

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