It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

Pizza, biscuits, and beauty treatments are some of the thousands of products that contain palm oil, which threaten iconic species through deforestation. But this new study says that planting ...

MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia. Oil palms yield more oil per acre than do other crops. But soaring demand for the ...

WWF's Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard assesses manufacturers, retailers, food service and hospitality companies on their commitments and actions in favour of sustainable palm oil, helping to build a culture ...

With no end in sight to sky-high prices for palm oil, Japanese businesses have idled their power plants that burn it to generate electricity. And they do not appear ready to resume operations ...

Palm oil comes from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Oil extracted from the flesh of the fruit is called palm oil, while oil ...

Palm oil can be found in many things, from make-up to pizza, soap to chocolate. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains how the demand for palm oil is unfortunately leading to ...

A Guernsey animal welfare charity has warned dog owners about the dangers of palm oil, after what is thought to be a lump of the substance was found on a beach. The GSPCA said the suspected palm ...

Palm oil is used in everything from cosmetics to food to soap. There is enormous demand for it. But it is hugely controversial because it involves the clearing of tropical rainforests to grow palm ...

Palm oil headed for its lowest close in two weeks on intensifying competition with rival soybean oil and as weaker prices of petroleum reduced the tropical oil’s biofuel appeal. Some buyers are ...

There is a variety of vegetable oils, traditionally used in the kitchen, such as palm, sunflower or rapeseed oil. These oils, chemically consisting of triglycerides, are being transesterified into ...

MANILA, Philippines — The local palm oil industry holds bright prospects for growth especially in the European Union (EU) market, leading players said. At the recently concluded National Palm ...