What is Palm kernel oil and Palm kernel cake?

Although  palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake is mainly used for frying different types of foods, you can also use to prepare other types of cuisines as well, incorporated the healthy oil into your daily diet. Cake and oil is an excellent source of good fats when added to the diet in moderation. The use of palm oil is as old as 3000 B.C and archaeologists have located traces of palm oil in Egyptian tombs.

Oil trade has been going on for thousands of years and it is believed that the Egyptians were introduced to palm oil by Arabian traders. The origin of extracting oil from the palm plant originated in Africa and is considered to be one of the earliest traded commodities.

The trade of oil was positively affected by the British Industrial revolution, which expanded the use of palm oil to the international market. Thereafter,  palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake  became a raw material for many production and manufacturing activities and was also used as the base of candle and lubricants all over Europe.

This use of  palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake  prompted a great interest in the extraction of this oil and, many investors put big money into it. This was the future of many industries. The official cultivation of Palm oil started in Africa and Asia. Palm oil helped set up soap, lubricant, and the edible oil industries.

Cake and oil is an excellent source of saturated and unsaturated fats and has multiple uses other than food. It is antioxidant and vitamin-rich oil that adds a healthy element to your food. Like all oils and fats moderation is the way to go.

It is a vegetable oil extracted mainly from the pulp of the palm trees fruit. The extraction is done with two varieties of the palm plant, the African palm tree, and the American palm tree. Palm oil has plenty of health benefits due to its high beta-carotene content.