Chemical Composition of Palm Oil

Palm Oil

The Oil

The Oil Palm produces two types of oils ; Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from the fibrous Mesocarp and Crude Palm Kernel Oil (CPKO) from the kernels. Although both oils originate from the same fruit, Palm Oil is chemically and nutritionally different from Palm Kernel Oil. It is one of the only two mesocarp oils available commercially, the other being olive oil.

Palm Kernel and Palm Kernel Oil

Palm oil fruit kernel 

Palm Kernel

The Palm kernel is the edible seed of the oil palm tree.
The fruit yields two distinct oils—palm oil derived from the outer parts of the fruit, and palm kernel oil derived from the kernel. The pulp left after oil is rendered from the kernel is formed into "palm kernel cake", used either as high-protein feed for dairy cattle or burned in boilers to generate electricity for palm oil mills and surrounding villages.