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UCY ENERGY supplies palm oil CPO and
RBD
Palm oil is an edible plant oil derived from the pulp of the
fruit of the oil palm Elaeis guineensis.
Palm oil is naturally reddish because it contains a high amount of beta-carotene
(though boiling palm oil destroys the beta-carotene, rendering the oil
colourless). Palm oil is one of the few vegetable oils relatively high in
saturated fats (like palm kernel oil and coconut oil). It is thus semi-solid at
typical temperate climate room temperatures, though it will more often appear as
liquid in warmer countries.
Palm oil contains several saturated and unsaturated fats in the forms of lauric
(0.1%, saturated), myristic (0.1%, saturated), palmitic (44%, saturated),
stearic (5%, saturated), oleic (39%, monounsaturated), linoleic (10%,
polyunsaturated), and linolenic (0.3%, polyunsaturated) acids. Like any
vegetable oils, palm oil is designated as cholesterol-free, though saturated fat
intake increases both LDL and HDL cholesterol.
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