Meaning of palmkernel oil | Babel Free

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“Besides palm oil which is produced from the pulp or pericarp surrounding the kernel of the African palm, there is also produced palmkernel oil from the kernels of this fruit. Palmkernel oil differs chemically and in its uses from palm oil, and the two oils should not be confused. Palmkernel oil is similar in its composition and uses to coconut oil and can replace this oil in most applications, especially in the production of free-lathering hardwater soaps.”

“The high lauric acid content in palmkernel oil is typical of numerous species of palm (Table 3.85). Kernel oils of intermediate composition have been obtained from hybrids of E. oleifera and E. guineensis. In the longer term we may therefore encounter commercial palmkernel oils of very different character to those of today (Tan and Berger, 1982).”

“Today world palmkernel oil exports in 1993-94 are projected at 931,000 tons, compared with 876,000 a year ago and will chiefly go to the United States, the European Union, Japan and China, where consumers are switching from coconut oil to palmkernel oil.”

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