Palm oil is used as raw material for cooking oil, margarine, steel industry, etc. Palm oil can be used for such a diverse range of purposes because of its superior properties of high-pressure oxidation resistance, capable of dissolving chemicals which is not soluble by other solvents,
has a high coating power and does not cause irritation to the body in the field of consumption.
The most popular part to be processed from oil palm is fruit. The meat section produces crude palm oil that is processed into raw material of cooking oil and various types of derivatives.
Excess vegetable oil from palm is cheap, low cholesterol, and has high carotene content. Palm oil is also processed into margarine raw material.