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. This product is liquid at ambient conditions except during the rainy season when the product congeals due to low temperatures (<20°C).
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.
How is palm oil produced in Nigeria?
Nigeria has two main palm production systems, the wild grove and the planted farms, with the wild grove producing about 80% of total fruit for processing. The varieties under production are a critical function of the long term productivity and competitiveness of Nigerian palm oil industry.
What happened to the palm oil industry in Nigeria?
1Matthew O. Eshalomi, Chairman, Vegetable & Edible Oil Section of Manufacturer Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Palm Oil Today and Future Outlook, Paper presented at Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research Workshop, January 2009. 2 projects is still under implementation, with the rest having gone bankrupt.