The main health issue with palm oil is its high saturated fat content. “Compared to other plant oils, except for coconut oil, it has a higher ratio of saturated fats,” Zhang says. (It does ...

And while palm oil does contain a high concentration of saturated ... However, palm oil is one of the highest-yielding crops, so switching to other plant crops for oil production would require ...

This innovation can help the world in its quest for sustainability, helping to reduce the amount of arable land needed for oil-yielding ... plant seed oil production. Now for the first time, a ...

US biotech company Checkerspot has successfully developed what it claims is a ‘world-first’ ingredient: a high-oleic palm oil alternative produced entirely through the fermentation of microalgae.

He argues that it’s not the oil palm plant that is the problem, but rather the way it’s grown. He says that ending deforestation, coupled with consumer pressure for “higher sustainable ...

the company has finalised plans to plant nearly 750,000 and 1,200,000 young, high-yield oil palm seedlings on its 5,000-hectare greenfield, an initiative expected to be launched by the Ondo State ...

Israel’s Casterra, a subsidiary of computational plant genomics firm Evogene, has secured a deal worth $9.1 million to sell its high-yielding ... Europe includes palm oil, soybean oil and ...

Oil palm trees start yielding fruit 3-4 years after planting, with yields increasing significantly at around 6 years. The oil palm area has been rising at a rapid pace since New Delhi started ...