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Palm Oil 20lt Imported from Malaysia
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Fatty acid content of palm oil
Type of fatty acid pct
Myristic saturated C14 1.0%
Palmitic saturated C16 43.5%
Stearic saturated C18 4.3%
Oleic monounsaturated C18 36.6%
Linoleic polyunsaturated C18 9.1%
Other/Unknown 5.5%
red: Saturated; orange: Monounsaturated; blue: Polyunsaturated
Palm oil, is an edible plant oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). 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 Naturally reddish in color due to a high beta-carotene content, palm oil, along with coconut oil, is one of the few highly saturated vegetable fats. It is semi-solid at room temperatures and contains several saturated and unsaturated fats in the forms of glyceryl laurate (0.1%, saturated), myristate (1%, saturated), palmitate (44%, saturated), stearate (5%, saturated), oleate (39%, monounsaturated), linoleate (10%, polyunsaturated), and alpha-linolenate (0.3%, polyunsaturated). Like all vegetable oils, palm oil does not contain cholesterol, although saturated fat intake increases both LDLand HDL cholesterol. Palm oil is a common cooking ingredient in the tropical belt of Africa, Southeast Asia and parts of Brazil. Its increasing use in the commercial food industry in other parts of the world is buoyed by its lower costand the high oxidative stability (saturation) of the refined product when used for frying.The use of palm oil in food products attracts the concern of environmental activist groups: the high oil yield of the trees have led, in parts of Indonesia, to removal of forest in order to make space for oil-palm monoculture: this has resulted in acreage losses of the natural habitat of the orangutan.