Palm oil is vegetable oil obtained from the mesocarp of the fruit of the palm elaeis, and is considered to be the second most widely produced product, only surpassed by soy bean oil.
The palm fruit is oil is a rich source of vitamin A and different quantities of vitamin E.
In commodity market terminology, Crude Palm Oil is a type of comestible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree or elaeis uineensis.
Palm oil is one of the few vegetable oils known to be rich in saturated fats, and it comes close to soybean oil as one of the most widely-produced vegetable oils in the world.
