That’s because palm oil is cheap. The plant that makes it, the African oil palm, can produce up to 10 times more oil per hectare than soybeans. But as my new book on palm oil’s history shows, this ...

The purchases come as uncertainty hangs over Indonesia’s commodity shipments, including palm oil, of which the country is the ...

Palm oil is everywhere—especially in packaged foods—so knowing its benefits and issues helps you make smarter choices. Nutritionally, palm oil sits between coconut oil and olive oil, with mixed ...

Government raises base import prices of key edible oils, revising crude palm oil, RBD palm oil, palmolein and soyoil ...

By Rajendra Jadhav, Bernadette Christina and Naveen Thukral MUMBAI/JAKARTA/SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's move to channel palm oil exports through a central agency could disrupt supplies of ...

China is snapping up discounted cargoes of Indonesian palm-based cooking oil, accelerating purchases as buyers take advantage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fats can be simplified into two categories: “good” fats and “bad” fats. The types of fats in the “good” category include ...

Indonesia’s agriculture minister has asked police to investigate hundreds of palm oil companies that failed to pay farmers ...

A waste-to-energy system designed for palm oil mills could turn agricultural waste into electricity, industrial fuels and ...

A quarter of margarines have palm oil as the first or second ingredient, an analysis of brands sold in supermarkets shows.

Orangutan rescue teams in Borneo are increasingly being called to intervene as expanding palm oil plantations push great apes ...