Palmeria.com http://www.palmeria.com Information on palm oil, plantations and industry in Malaysia and Indonesia Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Palm Oil http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/palm-oil/ http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/palm-oil/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:45:38 +0000 admin http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/palm-oil/ Palm Oil is a by product of the oil palm fruit.

The palm fruit exists in two major plant variations worldwide.

Palm Oil is a form of vegetable oil which is derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree. It is also one of the most widely produced vegetable oils which are edible. The only other oil which is more popular than palm oil is soybean oil and even still, the lead soybean oil has over Palm Oil is fast eroding.

Palm Oil as we know it today came from the West African Oil Palm which has been been used for ages among the people of rural West Africa as a cooking oil. This Oil Palm plant was later exported to Malaysia in Asia to start the foundations of the Malaysian Oil Palm industry which is among the world’s largest Oil Palm producers today.

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]]> http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/palm-oil/feed/ Uses of Palm Oil http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/uses-of-palm-oil/ http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/uses-of-palm-oil/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:38:44 +0000 admin http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/uses-of-palm-oil/ Palm Oil has a many other commercial uses as well especially in the developed world.

Palm Oil is one of the major ingredients used in making soaps, while it is also gaining popularity as a source of biodiesel fuel in order to reduce the adverse effects and the reliance the world has on fossil fuels today.

It is quite popular in West Africa as a cooking oil.

]]> http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/uses-of-palm-oil/feed/ Major Palm Oils Producers http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/major-palm-oils-producers/ http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/major-palm-oils-producers/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:30:36 +0000 admin http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/major-palm-oils-producers/ Two countries hold the monopoly in producing palm oil.

Malaysia is the worlds largest producer of Palm Oil with statistics showing that the country was responsible for the production of more than 14 million tons of Palm Oil in 2004 alone.

Indonesia was the second largest producer of Palm Oil and is veering into the biodiesel industry as well in order to commence the production of biodiesel.

]]> http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/major-palm-oils-producers/feed/ Problems of palm oil plantations http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/problems-of-palm-oil/ http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/problems-of-palm-oil/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:26:12 +0000 admin http://www.palmeria.com/2008/01/27/problems-of-palm-oil/ Palm oil often means the destruction of rainforest and ecosystems.

Thousands of square kilometers of rainforest are cut every year to allow the production of palm oil. In addition to destroying animal habitats and ecosytems, it generates more carbon in the atmosphere than the savings made by using palm oil.

In order to curb this disaster, the European Union has recently decided to stop its importations of palm oil coming from destroyed forests.

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