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    Palm Oil Is An Edible: Elaeis Guineensis Elaeis Oleifera Attalea Maripa

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    Palm oil comes from the mesocarp of the oil palm fruit and is naturally red due to high beta-carotene content. It is semi-solid at room temperature and highly saturated, similar to coconut oil. Palm oil is widely used in cooking and commercial food products because of its low cost and high oxidative stability during frying. However, widespread cultivation of oil palms has led to deforestation in places like Indonesia and loss of natural habitat for endangered species such as orangutans. Efforts have been made by industry and governments to address environmental concerns over palm oil production.

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    Palm oil comes from the mesocarp of the oil palm fruit and is naturally red due to high beta-carotene content. It is semi-solid at room temperature and highly saturated, similar to coconut oil. Palm oil is widely used in cooking and commercial food products because of its low cost and high oxidative stability during frying. However, widespread cultivation of oil palms has led to deforestation in places like Indonesia and loss of natural habitat for endangered species such as orangutans. Efforts have been made by industry and governments to address environmental concerns over palm oil production.

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    Palm oil comes from the mesocarp of the oil palm fruit and is naturally red due to high beta-carotene content. It is semi-solid at room temperature and highly saturated, similar to coconut oil. Palm oil is widely used in cooking and commercial food products because of its low cost and high oxidative stability during frying. However, widespread cultivation of oil palms has led to deforestation in places like Indonesia and loss of natural habitat for endangered species such as orangutans. Efforts have been made by industry and governments to address environmental concerns over palm oil production.

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    Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil

    palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis,[1] and to a lesser extent from the
    American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa.
    Palm oil is naturally reddish in color because of a high beta-carotene content. It is not to be
    confused with palm kernel oil derived from the kernel of the same fruit[2] 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
    49% saturated, while palm kernel oil and coconut oil are 81% and 86% saturated fats,
    respectively. However, crude red palm oil that has been refined, bleached and deodorized, a
    common commodity called RBD palm oil, does not contain carotenoids.[3] Many industrial food
    applications of palm oil use fractionated components of palm oil (often listed as "modified palm
    oil") whose saturation levels can reach 90%;[4] these "modified" palm oils can become highly
    saturated, but are not necessarily hydrogenated.
    The oil palm produces bunches containing many fruits with the fleshy mesocarp enclosing a
    kernel that is covered by a very hard shell. The FAO considers palm oil (coming from the pulp)
    and palm kernels to be primary products. The oil extraction rate from a bunch varies from 17 to
    27% for palm oil, and from 4 to 10% for palm kernels.[5]
    Along with coconut oil, palm oil is one of the few highly saturated vegetable fats and is semisolid
    at room temperature.[6] Palm oil is a common cooking ingredient in the tropical belt of Africa,
    Southeast Asia and parts of Brazil. Its use in the commercial food industry in other parts of the
    world is widespread because of its lower cost[7] and the high oxidative stability (saturation) of the
    refined product when used for frying.[8][9] One source reported that humans consumed an average
    17 pounds (7.7 kg) of palm oil per person in 2015.[10]
    The use of palm oil in food products has attracted the concern of environmental activist groups;
    the high oil yield of the trees has encouraged wider cultivation, leading to the clearing of forests
    in parts of Indonesia to make space for oil-palm monoculture.[11] This has resulted in significant
    acreage losses of the natural habitat of the three surviving species of orangutan. One species in
    particular, the Sumatran orangutan, has been listed as critically endangered.[12] In 2004, an
    industry group called the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil was formed to work with the palm
    oil industry to address these concerns.[13] Additionally, in 1992, in response to concerns about
    deforestation, the Government of Malaysia pledged to limit the expansion of palm oil plantations
    by retaining a minimum of half the nation's land as forest cover.[14][15]

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