KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm kernel oil prices look set to climb up out of a trough as industrial buyers flock back to the soap and detergent ingredient after it regained a steep ...

If you read ingredient labels, you’ll see palm and palm kernel oil everywhere: in bread, chocolate, frozen pizza – even soap, toothpaste and cosmetics. No wonder the oil palm tree, whose fruit and ...

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If you haven’t heard of palm oil yet, it shouldn’t be all that unfamiliar. In fact, there’s a good chance it’s hiding in your cupboards and freezer aisles and in multiple forms, too (it’s often used ...

PALM kernel oil (PKO) and cake are obtained after processing palm nuts. The oil is in great demand. It is used for the production of soap, candle, cosmetics, edible oil, margarine and other products.

In the past oil palm waste were discarded. Not any more as two entrepreneurs are using technology to put them to profitable use, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Demand for palm oil has been surging on changing ...

April 22 (Reuters) - Indonesia's plan to ban palm oil exports will deal a blow to the world's top food and consumer products companies including Unilever (ULVR.L), opens new tab, Procter & Gamble ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Crude palm kernel oil prices rose to the most in five years on Monday over concerns that lower output could tighten supplies in Malaysia, the world's second-biggest palm producer.

Palm oil comes from the fruit of oil palm trees (Elaeis guineensis) and is suitable for consumption. Oil palm trees only grow in tropical regions, being native to Africa and brought to southeast Asia ...