Palm Oil

Palm Oil (Elaeis guinnesis) Cold Pressed:

Palm Oil: is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. The oil palm is a tropical palm tree. Oil is extracted from both the pulp of the fruit (palm oil, an edible oil) and the kernel (palm kernel oil, used mainly for soap manufacture). Contains a high amount of carotenoids. Both palm oil and palm kernel oil are high in olefins. Palm oil contains mainly palmatic and oleic acids, while palm kernel oil contains mainlu lauric acid. Palm oil is the largest natural source of tocotrienol, part of the Vitamin E family. Palm oil is one of the few vegetable oils relatively high in saturated fats, though it is not as high in them as palm kernel oil.