THE PALM OIL STORY

STIMULATES LOCAL ECONOMIES A VERSATILE INGREDIENT

Palm oil creates jobs: THE MOST WIDELY USED VEGETABLE OIL IN THE WORLD Neutral taste & Smooth
1 worker per 8ha smell creamy
texture
From the fruits of From a tropical climate
Indonesia & Malaysia a palm oil tree Crispness & Long shelf
provide crunch life

85% Excellent cooking Excellent

of the world properties mouth feel
Grows best around production
the equator

A HIGHLY EFFICIENT CROP BALANCED FAT COMPOSITION

A palm tree
3.8 produces 40 kg 50% 50%
tons per hectare

Each fruit contains of oil every year unsaturated saturated

30-35% oil fatty acids fatty acids
0.8
0.7 0.5
Harvested every Use in food dates

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10 days back 5,000 years
Palm

Soy
Rape

Sunflower

alternative to trans fat

TFA PALM

GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IMPORTANCE OF FAT IN THE DIET

No cultivation in primary forests Education for We need fat every day
A D
boys and girls

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Low pesticides usage E
fats
Annual sustainable production K
carbohydrates
million tons

12.9 proteins
68
63 9.8
million tons

Daily intake recommended by WHO

18 5.6
1997 2015 2020 Environmental and social • fat-soluble vitamins • energy
responsibility for future • hormones • insulation
generations • building block cells
2011 2013 2015

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