• offer edible oil production plant for peanut soyben palm kernel in Nigeria
  • offer edible oil production plant for peanut soyben palm kernel in Nigeria
  • offer edible oil production plant for peanut soyben palm kernel in Nigeria
  • offer edible oil production plant for peanut soyben palm kernel 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.
  • Why do Nigerian vegetable oil refiners prefer palm kernel oil?
  • As a result of the above, Nigerian vegetable oil refiners prefer palm kernel oil as raw material. Demand for vegetable oils in Nigeria is estimated at 1,968,500 tonnes, taking into account a per capita consumption of 12.7 kg and a population of 155 million in 2009 (WDI, 2011).
  • 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.
  • Are palm kernel oil and palm olein eutectic?
  • Studies by Gold (2006) showed that mixtures of palm kernel oil and palm olein produced eutectic compositions (mixtures with lower melting point than the individual parent). These mixtures were also found to have lower solid fat content at the same temperature than the pure components.
  • How much vegetable oil is produced in Nigeria?
  • Demand for vegetable oils in Nigeria is estimated at 1,968,500 tonnes, taking into account a per capita consumption of 12.7 kg and a population of 155 million in 2009 (WDI, 2011). Production in 2009 was estimated at 1,137,580 (Oil World annual, 2008; Omoti, 2009).
  • Why is palm olein so difficult to import?
  • Difficulties in locating tank farms at the local ports, high landing cost of crude palm oil at about 19% higher than local prices, lack of fractionation equipment to produce palm olein in most refineries, and low demand for stearin seem to have been disincentives to potential importers.