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 ...

On Thursday, biotech company C16 Biosciences is announcing the launch of Palmless, a palm oil alternative created with yeast. Palm oil found in more than half of the packaged products Americans use, ...

A new report calls on palm oil-buying firms to take serious steps to address systemic imbalances in the distribution of profits across the supply chain. Smallholder farmers produce nearly one-third of ...

Palm oil is one of the world’s most widely used vegetable oils and found in nearly 50 percent of all packaged products, according to the World Wildlife Fund. It plays a vital role in foods, baked ...

A deep dive into the accelerating race to replace palm oil, exploring the latest breakthroughs in yeast‑based fermentation, ...

Malaysia and Indonesia are the centre of palm oil production. They are the two biggest exporters in the world, with Indonesian palm oil making up 58% of the market and Malaysia 24%. Palm oil is also a ...

In his 2003 article on “The Politics of Food”, in the journal American Scientist, Michael Taylor states: “The most central and pervasive social and economic system in the world is the food system – ...

How did an ingredient most of us have never seen become so ubiquitous? Palm oil is everywhere—especially in packaged foods—so knowing its benefits and issues helps you make smarter choices.