Before we touch upon whether palm oil is hard to digest or not, we should understand what is palm oil made of? Should we be consuming palm oil at all? These questions need to be asked since palm oil combines with a lot of stuff…

A common question: Is cooking oil a hazardous waste? Every year, the world consumes millions of metric tons of cooking oil, and do you know where it ends up? Unfortunately, most of it ends up in drains as many countries have still not imposed a…

When it comes to the ketogenic diet, the general word is that all oils are keto-friendly but they are not necessarily healthy. So, should your ideal fat while you are on keto, be a vegetable oil, nut oil, animal fat, or seed oil? This question…

Oil palm trees are truly versatile as they have so much to offer, be it red palm oil, or refined palm oil, or palm kernel oil, or palm olein, double stearin, palm kernel expeller, and so much more, the list could go on for a…

The word ‘fats’ comes with a great deal of speculation around it, some negative and some positive. Many of us think that all fats are bad! After all, the daily media would have us convinced so. We see a lot many green tea and honey…

Common question: Is cooking oil bad for diabetes? Do you know that around 34.2 million Americans have diabetes? With such a vast number of people suffering from the same disease, people wonder what foods trigger it.  You may think that because cooking oils contain calories,…

Common question: Is cooking oil combustible? The US fire department counted around 172,900 fires between 2014 to 2018 that started due to cooking activities.  The question arises: how cooking activities led to such a massive amount of kitchen fires that resulted in around 550 deaths…

For a very long time now, palm oil remains to be the most popularly used vegetable oil all over the world. You might think, not everyone uses palm oil for their everyday cooking.  However, if you would look at the labels of most edible as…

Today, Palm oil is the most popular and most extensively traded vegetable oil globally. In 2019- 2020, palm oil consumption worldwide was above 73 million metrics. Palm oil is the highest used vegetable oil in the world. Did you know that more than half of our daily…

Did you know in addition to fresh and packaged food, palm oil is also found in soaps, lipsticks, ice creams, and even, surfactants? Mostly cultivated in tropical countries, palm oil is amongst one of the most highly consumed oils, and its demand has been increasing…