“Palm oil is derived from the fruit of oil palm and one of the most widely consumed oils in the world – and one of the most controversial,” says Benson. Palm oil can raise “bad” LDL ...

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 ...

No wonder the oil palm tree, whose fruit and seeds are used to produce these oils, is in tremendous demand as a crop in West and Central Africa and Southeast Asia. But while the trees are ...

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit grown on the African oil palm tree. The trees, which were previously found only in Africa, are now grown in Asia, North America and ...

Trucks collect the fruit and take it to mills to extract crude palm oil. In the past year, many big palm oil producers have made pledges of sustainability. One of them is the Minnesota-based ...

In the study published in the journal Nature Communications, the scientists identified the VIR gene as responsible for fruit color. Currently, the majority of the oil palm fruit harvested in ...

Oil palm growers in Indonesia can boost soil health and reduce their fertilizer use by adding waste biomass back to the soil, a new study says. Biomass such as pruned palm fronds and empty fruit ...

Using this discovery, fruit specially bred or gene-edited to not drop from trees, bushes and vines could save manufacturers a mint, as scientists claim spoilage and wastage could be significantly ...

APKASINDO estimates at least 25% of palm oil mills have stopped buying palm fruit from independent farmers since the ban started, indicating storage tanks are filling up at mills. Similar protests ...