top kernel oil production line in benin

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Why is palm kernel oil so popular in Nigeria?
  • The Nigerian vegetable oil market uniquely features palm kernel oil packaged for household and commercial food frying. More than 60% of refineries in Nigeria are built on palm kernel oil as raw materials. This is because processing of palm kernel oil involves degumming, bleaching, deodorization, cooling, and packaging.
  • What is the ratio of palm olein and palm kernel oil?
  • Some refineries blend palm kernel oil and palm oil at ratios of 8:2 to 6:4 for food frying. Indeed, locally produced frying oils are mainly blends of palm kernel oil and palm oil. Palm olein found in the Nigerian market is smuggled products from Ghana, Cameroon, and Republic of Benin.
  • What is a unique feature of the Nigerian vegetable oil market?
  • A unique feature of the Nigerian vegetable oil market is a household product in which palm oil and palm kernel oil are blended at ratios 20:80 to 40:60. This product evolution arose from the need to reduce production cost because palm oil is always cheaper than palm kernel oil in the Nigerian market.
  • Is palm olein tainted in Nigeria?
  • Presently, crude palm oil is imported for refining in Nigeria, although some quantities of refined bleached and deodorized palm olein are being disguised as crude palm oil and acid oils. Sometimes RBD palm olein is tainted with about 0.03% of crude palm olein and imported into the country as crude palm oil.