Early trading in palm products
International trade in palm oil began at the turn of the nineteenth century, while that of palm kernels developed only after 1832. Palm oil became the principal cargo for slave ships after abolition of the slave trade. The establishment of t
2014
November 5
Palm oil storage
Long term palm oil storage should be maintained at ambient temperature and heating should be completely turned off. If the oil becomes solid, extreme care should be taken during the initial heating to ensure that localized overheating or pre
2014
October 31
Palm oil extraction rate
The palm oil extraction rate is one measure that points to how well palm oil producers are managing their businesses. A higher palm oil extraction rate, which means the management is extracting more oil from the land under palm tree cultivat
2014
October 31
Palm oil waste in palm oil mill
The Palm Oil industry generates large quantity of wastes whose disposal is a challenging task, palm kernel shells, empty fruit bunches, palm oil mill effluent.
2014
October 29
Palm oil impact on environment
Although the rapid expansion of the palm oil industry in recent decades has generated considerable economic growth in tropical developing countries, this development has come at high cost to the environment.
2014
October 29
Palm oil
Originally from West Africa，palm now is cultivated around the world . It is one of the most cold-resistant plants. Currently，there are about 20 countries producing palm. And the main countries are Malaysia Indonesia and Nigeria.
2014
October 27
Palm oil in China
palm oil in China has a large market. Since 20 century, the major importers of Chinese palm oil are Singapore, India, Malaysia and other countries. With the widely use of palm oil, there are more and more companies to producing the palm oil
2014
October 24
Palm oil properties
Palm oil has a balanced fatty acid composition in which the level of saturated fatty acids is almost equal to that of the unsaturated fatty acids. Palmitic acid (44%-45%) and oleic acid (39%-40%) are the major component acids, with linoleic
2014
October 23
Palm oil vitamin E
Palm oil derived from oil palm fruit represents the richest source of the lesser characterized vitamin E, α-tocotrienol. One of 8 naturally occurring and chemically distinct vitamin E analogs, α-tocotrienol possesses unique biological acti
2014
October 23
Palm oil in the World
At present, there are about 20countries produce palm oil in the world. Malaysia and Indonesia is two largest palm oil producing countries in the world. The most consumption of palm oil is in Asia, also the EU has increased the palm oil impor
2014
October 22
Palm oil importers in India
India is the fourth largest edible oil economy in the world and more than half of the nation’s total edible oil requirements of around 10 million tones are met through imports.
2014
October 22
The forecast of the palm oil market in Africa
The most consumption of palm oil is in Asia, also the EU has increased the palm oil imports. The major consumers of palm oil are China, India, the European Union and so on. And its consumption accounts for more than 60% of the total world pa
2014
October 13