Palm oil – Madhura Rao

Problems with Palm Oil | Cost of Production

Originally published on Foodunfolded.com in May 2020. When the food industry started using palm oil on a large scale in the 1990s, it was meant to be a healthy alternative to animal-derived fats like butter and tallow. Today, palm oil is often synonymous with environmental and ethical issues resulting from intensive production in parts of […]

Agriculture & Production

Palm oil | How it’s Made

Originally published on Foodunfolded.com in May 2020. Today, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil in the world. To many of us, this may be surprising considering most consumers do not directly purchase it. Let’s take a look at how palm oil is made, where it comes from and how it ends up […]