While palm oil is known for being very cheap and controversial, red palm oil is artisanally made and can be much more expensive. The vibrantly colored oil is made from palm fruits and can cost 2-3 ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso and Mali absorbed over 47% of Côte d’Ivoire’s palm oil exports in 2024. Côte d’Ivoire exported CFA90.1 billion of palm oil to the two countries. Rising Ivorian output has strengthened its ...

An curved arrow pointing right. While palm oil is known for being cheap and controversial, red palm oil is artisanally made and much more expensive. The vibrantly colored oil is made from palm fruits ...

If you go to the grocery store and wander to the bakery aisle, you’ll find it there. The cosmetics aisle? It’s there too. Same for the shampoo section, the deodorants section and the laundry aisle.

Deforestation for palm oil persists in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, including inside a national park that’s supposed to be off-limits to plantation activity, a new investigation has found. The ...

Palm oil derives from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Its high fat content has led to concerns that it may raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, ...

Roads constructed for the oil industry have facilitated timber extraction in the Amazon for decades. Recent deforestation alerts show that this problem is ongoing. In Via Auca, one of the most ...