Palm oil is everywhere, especially in many of the processed foods we eat from instant noodles to chocolate. It may not be easy to distinguish as an ingredient, but it's a great oil that blends well ...

Iceland is the first supermarket to announce it will stop using palm oil as an ingredient in all its own-brand food - here’s everything you need to know about the environmentally-destructive ...

Trans fats have largely been removed from our diets, but saturated fats are found in some plant-based oils like coconut oil and palm oil. To find out more about palm oil, we spoke with Kat Benson ...

India's palm oil production is likely to triple in six years as the area under oil palm plantations increases and as ...

Versatile, cheap, and useful, palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world. But it has also caused deforestation and community conflict in the tropical countries where it is cultivated.

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 ...

Palm oil will begin a new bull phase early next year on the back of strong demand from biofuel makers and healthy purchases ...

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 ...

Indonesia reduced its export levy on palm oil in a bid to boost shipments of the tropical commodity. The world’s biggest ...

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 ...

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 ...