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  • Where is the biggest palm oil plantation?
  • Indonesia and Malaysia are by far the largest palm oil producing nations. Together they account for 85-90 percent of the total production of this vegetable oil. Other important producing countries are Colombia, Nigeria and Thailand.
  • What is the difference between crude palm oil and red palm oil?
  • What's the difference between Baraka's Palm Kernel Oil and Red Palm Oil? The simple answer is that the palm kernel oil is cold pressed from the kernels of the oil palm's fruit, while the red palm oil comes from the fruit itself. Both oils are made from sustainably-grown and community harvested palm trees.
  • What are the common varieties of oil palm?
  • There are three naturally occurring forms of the oil palm fruit, termed Dura, Tenera, and Pisifera. Most cultivars are the Tenera form which produces fruit with higher oil content. The only variety recommended for commercial cultivation is Tenera, which is a hybrid between Dura and Pisifera.
  • Which ancient town in Nigeria was a key port for the export of palm oil?
  • By the mid-19th century, after the waning of the slave trade, Old Calabar's economy had become based on the export of palm oil and palm kernels.