What is Palm oil?
[[File:Removing Oil from Palm Kernel.jpg|thumb|Removing oil from palm kernel]] [[File:Palm Oil.jpg|thumb|Palm oil]] [[File:Palm Fruit Longthroat Memoirs.jpg|thumb|Palm fruit for making palm oil]] '''Palm oil''' is a [[vegetable oil]]. Natural palm oil is red, but the red part is usually removed before the oil is used. It is made from the fruit of the African Oil [[Palm tree]]. Some comes from the American Oil Palm. Palm oil is used in many different products, like [[ice cream]], toothpaste, chocolate, and candy. Most palm oil is made in [[West Africa]] and Southeast Asia on plantations.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Iskandar|first1=Muhammad Johan|last2=Baharum|first2=Azizah|last3=Anuar|first3=Farah Hannan|last4=Othaman|first4=Rizafizah|date=2018-02-01|title=Palm oil industry in South East Asia and the effluent treatment technology—A review|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352186417301694|journal=Environmental Technology & Innovation|language=en|volume=9|pages=169–185|doi=10.1016/j.eti.2017.11.003|issn=2352-1864}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Grow but cherish your environment|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2014/08/16/grow-but-cherish-your-environment|access-date=2020-10-31|issn=0013-0613}}</ref>Palm oil is criticised for being one of the leading causes of deforestation, and for the use of [[slavery]] by many plantation owners to extract palm oil and [[profit]] off of it. == References == <references /> {{food-stub}} {{Non-timber forest products}} [[Category:Cooking oils]]