Palm oil is the most popular vegetable oil in the world, but not everyone is sold on it. Food experts told us why some people ...

“Consider prioritizing using more olive oil and avocado oil in cooking and consider choosing foods with palm oil or coconut oil “here and there,” rather than as a foundational fat ...

For millennia humans have boiled and pounded their fruit to extract cooking oil ... traders imported African palm oil, using it for a growing number of products, from soap to margarine to candles.

and it’s also odourless and colourless so doesn’t alter the look or smell of food products. In Asian and African countries, palm oil is used widely as a cooking oil, just like we might use sunflower ...

AT A GLANCE • Palm oil and soybean oil have long been used in cooking, but their growing use as a biofuel is causing a spike in demand • Ukraine’s reduced exports of sunflower oil are ...

What’s more, the world’s largest palm oil markets are in India, China and Indonesia, where most consumers—who use it for cooking—may not even be aware of such options. Still, more big food ...

Homa Bay, Tharaka Nithi and Lamu counties have been identified as ideal for palm tree farming in a new plan by the government to manage the rising cost of imported cooking oil. Trade Cabinet ...