Malaysia is one of the leading palm oil producers in the world.

Palm oil is extracted

from the fruits of the oil palm.
The oil palm fruit is reddish-orange in colour. There are about ten to fifteen bunches
in a tree. When they are ready to be harvested, the workers cut the bunches from
the trees.
Then, they take the palm oil fruits to a factory. Here, the fruits are sterilized in a
boiler and separated from the bunches. After that, a machine is used to crush the
fruits to become crude oil. Then, the crude oil is processed into cooking oil,
margarine, soap, candles and creamers.