There are many types of edible oils. Here are the main ones: One: cottonseed oil: Usage: Stir-fry, stew. Cottonseed oil is a cotton seed immersion oil that can be used for cooking and industrial use as raw materials. Cottonseed oil contains a large amount of essential fatty acids, of which the highest content of linoleic
25 Jun 2018 — Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) CEO Datuk Darrel Webber has warned against the unforeseen sustainability and biodiversity impacts that may come from switching to, what he calls, less sustainable edible oils to palm. “The knee-jerk reaction is, ‘if this stuff is bad why not stop buying it,’ but of course,
Palm oil is extracted from one of two parts of the palm plant. Palm oil from the fruit of the palm plant is different from palm oil from kernels, or the nut of the fruit. There are even different health benefits. Palm fruit oil has high levels of vitamins and antioxidants that are essential to
Also known as vegetable lard, palm oil and its derivatives are used in toiletries, processed foods and margarine. It is a solid at room temperature, and can be used as a high-heat cooking oil. However, palm oil is high in saturated fats, and its cultivation can be harmful to the environment–jungles and rainforests are often
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
