Palm Oil – A Desired Ingredient for European Food Manufacturers to Avoid Dangerous Trans Fats
Palm Oil has seen increasing demand in Europe over the last twenty years. It is needed in food preparation to supplement insufficient local production of oils and fats. Nett imports of oils and fats by the EU amount to 8 to 10 million tonnes per year making up one third of annual consumption and most...
Palm Oil Biodiesel – A Preferred Biofuel Feedstock
Palm oil together with corn, rapeseed, soybean and sugar cane are viable feedstocks for use as first generation biofuel. According to the Food and Agriculture Authority (FAO) from a sustainability perspective, biofuels offer both advantages (energy security, GHG reductions, reduced air pollution) and risks (intensive use of resources, monocultures, reduced biodiversity and even higher GHG...
Push for clean energy
Towards a new era of US-Malaysia relations. AS US President Barack Obama settles in for a second term in office, it is clear that clean energy will be a top priority of his administration. In his inaugural address, Obama stressed the importance of utilising newer, cleaner fuel sources as a way to address global climate...
Unjustified & Illogical campaigns against palm oil
Palm oil is the most consumed oil globally with an annual consumption of 50 million tonnes per year. This constitutes 28% of the global oils and fats market share followed by soyabean oil at 24%. Developing countries consume approximately 75 % while the balance is taken up by developed countries. Palm oil is popular due...
Palm oil gaining support globally in 2012
Over the past few years, the palm oil industry has been subjected to intense debate over a number of controversial issues. Take for example the debate on food versus fuel. Palm oil appears to get into the emotional battle of the crop being better used as a source of food rather than biofuel. Biofuels are...
French Greenies continue to oppose palm oil
It is most unfortunate and regrettable that the Green NGOs in France failed to be guided by the recent rejection of the proposed Nutella tax by mainstream politicians and the French government. They also failed to heed the decision of the French commercial court of Paris on the case between Systeme U and AIPH that...
