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                                                          PALM OIL

PALM OIL IS AN EDIBLE VEGETABLE OIL, THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE PALM OIL TREE. IT COMES FROM THE PULP OF THE FRUIT WHICH SURROUNDS THE KERNEL. IT COTRIBUTES TO THE ECONOMC DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEVELOPING CONTRIS AND PLAYS  MAIN ROLE IN THE DIETS OF MILLIONS OF A PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

INTRODUCTION:-

WHAT CONTAIN A BAR OF SOAP , A PIECE OF BREAD,DONUT,ONE LIPSTICK, A BAR OF CHOCOLATE.

THE ANSWER IS PALM OIL , THERE IS A BIG CHANGE THAT THE PRODUCTS YOU ARE USING THAT CONTAIN PALM OIL . IT MAKES YOUR SOAP FOAM, IT FIXES THE COLOUR ND TEXTURE OF YOUR LIPSTICK, IT SOFTEN YOUR BREAD AND DONUT AND MAKES YOUR CHOCOLATE SMOOTH AND SHINY  IN FACT , ANY PACKED FOOD ITEM HAVE 50% CHANCE THAT THE FOOD ITEM CONTAIN PALM OIL.THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ICE CREAM WE EAT CAN CONTAIN 80%OF PALM OIL AND PALM KERNAL OIL THAN THE QUANTITY OF THE MILK AND MILK SOLIDIS .

WHAT IS PALM OIL???

PALM OIL IS A VEGETABLE OIL THAT IS EDIBLE AND COMES FROM TREES.THER ARE TWO TYPES OF PALM OIL WHICH CAN BE PRODUCED : CRUDE PALM OIL COMES FROM SQUEEZING THE FLESHY FRUIT AND PALM KERNEL OIL COMES FROM CRUSHING THE KERNEL . PALM OIL ORIGINALLY FROM AFRICA, BUT ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO THE SOUTH OF ASIA. INDOESIA AND MALAYSIA CURRENTLY HAVE UP TO 85 % OF THE WORLD PALM OIL PRODUCTION, BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY OTHER CONTRIES THAT PRODUCE PALM OIL SUCH AS: NIGERIA , COLOMBIA, THAILAND, AND SO ON.

VERY OFTEN PEOPLE DO NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY ARE EATING , SMELLING, BURNING, OR USING A PRODUCT THAT CONTAIN PALM OIL.

HOW TO IDENTIFY!!!

READ THE INGREDIENTS WHETHER THE PRODUCT YOU ARE CONSUMING CONTAIN PALM OIL OR NOT.IF WE CONSUME THE PALM OIL TO MUCH IT CAN CAUSE SO MUCH TROUBLE AND CAUSE HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS. NOT ALL THE ICE-CREAM CONTAIN PALM OIL SO READ IF IT CONTAIN PALM OIL OR NOT.

HOW IS PALM OIL MADE???

STEP 1: TO BEGIN WITH THE SEEDS OF THE PALM OIL GROW UP LIKE TWELVE MONTHS IN THE NURSERY.

STEP 2: AFTER 12 MONTHS THE YOUNG SEEDLINGS HAVE GROWN ENOUGH FOR THEM TO BE PLANTED IN THE PLANTTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME LARGE OIL PALM TREES.

STEP 3: AFTER TWO YEARS AND SIX MONTHS THE OIL PLAM TREES  ARE MATURE AND LARGE ENOUGH. AT THAT TIME,THEY ARE READY TO BE HARVESTED.

STEP 4: THE HARVESTED FRUITS ARE BROUGHT TO THE FACTORY . HERE THE FRUITS ARE STERILIZED BY STEAMING THEM ARE STRIPPED OF THE BUNCHES.

STEP 5: WHEN YOU WANT TO PRODUCE CRUDE PALM OIL, THEN YOU HAVE TO SQUEEZE THE FRUIT OF THE PALM OIL AND IF YOU WANT TO PRODUCE PALM KERNEL OIL YOU NEED TO CRUSH THE NUTS AND YOU ALSO NEED TO SQUEEZE THE KERNEL.

STEP 6: FINALLY, THE TWO TYPES OF PALM OIL ARE BROUGHT TO THE REFINERY . HERE CRUDE PALM OIL CAN BE MADE INTO PRODUCTS LIKE EDIBLE OIL (FOR COOKING OILS AND MARGRAIN) AND NON-EDIBLE OIL FOR (BIODIESEL AND SOAP) . KERNEL OIL CAN BE USED FOR PRODUCTS LIKE COSMETICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.

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