• big scale oil pressing equipment trial operation in Nigeria
  • big scale oil pressing equipment trial operation in Nigeria
  • big scale oil pressing equipment trial operation in Nigeria
  • big scale oil pressing equipment trial operation in Nigeria
  • Why is palm kernel oil so popular in Nigeria?
  • The Nigerian vegetable oil market uniquely features palm kernel oil packaged for household and commercial food frying. 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.
  • 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.
  • What frying oil is used in Nigeria?
  • Indeed, locally produced frying oils are mainly blends of palm kernel oil and palm oil. Palm olein found in the Nigerian market is smuggled products from Ghana, Cameroon, and Republic of Benin. Banga sauce is used for the preparation of Banga soup, a local food delicacy.
  • How much palm oil is consumed in Nigeria?
  • Palm oil and palm kernel contribute about 65% to the total vegetable oils and fats consumed in Nigeria. This implies that palm oil and palm kernel oil demand and supply is 1,279,525 tonnes and 739,427 tonnes, respectively, leaving a gap of 540,098 tonnes annually.
  • Why was unfractionated refined palm oil not marketable in Nigeria?
  • Unfractionated refined palm oil was not marketable to industrial end users in Nigeria hence the boom in the smuggling of refined bleached and deodorized palm olein from Malaysia and Singapore and the extraction of palm kernel oil for household frying.
  • What is a unique feature of the Nigerian vegetable oil market?
  • A unique feature of the Nigerian vegetable oil market is a household product in which palm oil and palm kernel oil are blended at ratios 20:80 to 40:60. This product evolution arose from the need to reduce production cost because palm oil is always cheaper than palm kernel oil in the Nigerian market.