
Palm oil, which is the most widely used vegetable oil worldwide, is obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. The palm oil is used for various purposes including cooking oil, margarines and as a mil fat replacement. It is also used in preventing vitamin A deficiency, cancer, brain disease, aging; and treating malaria, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cyanide poisoning. Industrially, palm oil is used for manufacturing cosmetics, soaps, toothpaste, waxes, lubricants, and ink. In comparison with other vegetable oils, which are soybean oil, rapeseed oil, sunflowerseed oil, coconut oil and many others, the production and consumption of palm oil is highest making its demand increase year over year.