Item 1 of 2 A mini tractor grabber collects palm oil fruits at a plantation in Pulau Carey, Malaysia, January 31, 2020. Picture taken January 31, 2020.

Bottles of soybean oil made from the U.S. imported soybeans are seen on a production line at the plant of Liangyou Industry and Trade Co., Ltd in Qufu, Shandong province, China July 4, 2018.

The expansion will include a new vegetable oil processing line as well as additional structures to support increased production at the facility. Bunge currently employs 50 people at the 15-acre plant.

With growing demand for sustainably sourced palm oil, this venture aims to deliver additional responsibly sourced palm oil alternatives to the market. With $120 million jointly invested in the ...

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.

Researchers cleared 40% of the existing oil palm trees for each of their 52 experimental plots. They then planted between zero and six native tree species on each of their tree islands.