Is there a big difference between Palm Oil in Nigeria and Palm Oil in Malaysia?

They say we all see things in different lights.

There is a saying here in Nigeria

What might appear white to you, will be brown to a politician, grey to a lawyer and Red to a policeman, lol.

This same view is held in the Oil Palm Industry, particularly in the area of Palm Oil Production.

The Big difference between Nigeria's Palm Oil in Nigeria and Malaysia's Palm Oil

Now let me ask you a question

Which of the two images in the attached Picture below contain Palm oil?

If you said the image on the right, you are correct.

If you said the image on the left, you are also correct as well.



How you ask?

In Nigeria we have grown up seeing and using Palm Oil in its raw state(Crude Palm Oil), the red rich carotene containing oil we love, this we use for all kinds of native soups and sauces.

While if you grew up in Malaysia or Indonesia, you will be more use to the clear coloured Palm oil (RGB Palm Oil)

Why is this so?



The History of Cooking Oil in Nigeria

You see here in Nigeria, Crude Palm Oil is produced for use in our native dishes, although over the years we have have adapted it for other dishes.

As a cooking oil, it has too many properities that don’t seat well with other dishes i.e stew and frying.

The redness of it will change the colour of jellof rice and other dishes, while trying to fry an egg or do pastries with it just won’t bring out the natural flavor you want. Let not also forget that that red colour will change the colour of the pastry as well.

So we had to look for another cooking oil, enter Ground Nut oil, before the 1960’s we were known as one of the largest producers of Ground Nuts. We had ground nut pyramids in the north that stretched as far as the eyes can see, with this cash crop came ground oil production which serviced the whole of the country and introduced a new cooking oil source in Nigeria.

Then the boom of ground nut waned in the late 1960’s, taking with it the ground nut oil industry. As companies shifted operations from agriculture to the new Oil of Petroleum, we began to import ground nut oil to handle out cooking oil needs.

Now you have to understand that back then we had Palm Oil and didn’t have use for Palm Kernel oil, because we didn’t have the technology or the investments needed to develop Palm Kernel oil.

It wasn’t till the later 1970’s that the cost of importing and producing ground oil drove some some industrious Nigerians to seek other types of cooking oil, different thing plants were tried. rapeseeds, sunflower seeds and Palm Kernel.

People gradually learnt that Palm Kernel nuts gave more output of oil per ton than other oil seeds, and thus a new industry in palm kernel oil production was born. Since we had a lot of Palm Kernel nuts just wasting away in various plantations across Nigeria, it became our cheapest source of cooking oil till date.

Now you can understand why the demand for Palm Kernel Oil locally is high and the demand for Palm Oil Locally is low. The reverse is the case in the international market, high demand for Refined Palm Oil and Low demand for Palm Kernel oil.



Why is the demand for Refined Palm Oil in the global market higher than Palm Kernel Oil?
To answer that you have to understand what Refined palm Oil is and what it is used for

When Palm oil is refined, it goes through various processes,

The first of which is where its Complex Organo Phosphorus Compounds are removed by hydration with water, Orthophosphoric Acid and Polybasic Acids. The process is called Degumming (removing the gums or the phosphatides). If this is not done.

Degumming

The next stage is bleaching of the degummed Palm oil to change its colour and purify the Fat and Oil, this is done by using either Acid Activated Bleaching Earth(Clay), Natural Bleaching Earth or Activated Carbon and Synthetic Silicates.

The last stage, Deodorization is done by using a vacuum steam distillation process. Here the oil s passed through a high pressure steam vacuum to change the smell and separate other volatile compounds.

Deodorizing

Once all this is done, you get RBDPO Refined Bleached Deodorised Palm Oil.

Now comes its uses.

Refined Palm Oil can be used on its own or fractioned into other oils or mixed with Palm Kernel oil for other uses.

When Refined Palm Oil is Fractioned you get these two new products.

1. RBD Palm Olein

2. RBD Palm Stearin

In its pure form, RBD palm olein is sold as cooking oil. RBD palm olein is also used in the manufacture of margarine and shortenings and in industrial frying of processed foods like potato chips, chips, instant noodles and other snack foods.

RBD palm stearin is used in for margarine and shortenings and as a source for producing specialty fats for coating in confectionery. It's also used in the soap and oleochemical industries.

Malaysia and Indonisea focused more on exploiting both Palm Oil and Palm Kernel oil, by refining it to the worlds export standards. While we focused on producing Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Oil for local use.

This is the reason why our export of Palm oil and Palm kernel oil is so low, we consumer the bulk of it locally and we do not refine Palm Oil or Palm Kernel Oil for export.

These differences in the way we view Palm Oil is the reason why Malaysia and Indoneisa are seen as the top oil palm producers in the world and Nigeria is now currently ranked at the Fifth.

This alone is the Big differences between Palm oil in Malaysia and Palm oil in Nigeria, its the reason we are losing so much revenue in the Oil Palm Sector in Nigeria. Our inability to refine our palm oil is the reason why our export of palm oil has remained the same since 2010

You have to understand that at this age and time, the world needs RBG Palm Oil and not the CPO(Crude Palm Oil) which we currently produce in wasteful abundance. In the past we have tried to sell and export our CPO to the west, but since they already buy Refined Palm Oil why would they buy Crude Palm Oil and refine it themselves. When they can get the refined Palm Oil from Malaysia and Indoniesa.

We need to up our game and start Refining our Palm Oil for our local use and for exports.

Conclusion

http://the-ahamefulas.com/difference-between-nigerias-palm-oil-and-malaysias-palm-oil

One of our major problem in this country is research

So I fit see black palm oil maybe it should b renamed paint cooking oil

love this

Why hasn't an enterprising rich Igbo man considered exporting refined palm oil?

Very educating.

RealAdewole:
One of our major problem in this country is research

So true my brother.

The lack of it is why we still use more of palm kernel oil instead if refined palm oil for cooking.

Plus did you know that the process of refining palm oil gives raise to an affluence that can make large quantities of bio diesel.

That's the opportunity we are missing out on

adextetoo:
So I fit see black palm oil maybe it should b renamed paint cooking oil

That's only if the organo phosphorus compound ain't broken down.

But you know the funny Part, you can't see black palm oil sold locally as only pz Wilmar and presco are the only two companies that refine crude palm oil

Osezzua:
love this

Thanks bro

fr3do:
Why hasn't an enterprising rich Igbo man considered exporting refined palm oil?

Lol, true but you have to understand that we are use to the process of extracting palm kernel oil for cooking oil.

There are only two companies that refine palm oil, one of them uses it for local products while the other exports.

It's more the case of needing more crude palm oil refineries in Nigeria, or using local method to do the refining process.

Following

jaz:
Following

Thanks bro

feasibility of setting up the industry should be done asap,let dangote see it and d rest will be history.

Ademat7:
feasibility of setting up the industry should be done asap,let dangote see it and d rest will be history.

Its already been done by Pz Wilmar and Presco, these are the only companies that are actually refining Palm Oil for cooking.(Mamador and Poweroil.)

Others are already looking at getting into the business.

I use crude palm oil most of the time because it's natural and taste much better than those other refined crap.

fayahsoul:
I use crude palm oil most of the time because it's natural and taste much better than those other refined crap.

You use crude Palm Oil, thats red oil for cooking stews, soups and frying yam eggs, fish and chicken.

Please share your recipe on doing it without getting that Strong palm Oil taste or changing the color of the meal you are using it for.

Also which of the vegetable oils do you use, the locally sold one in bottles or the brand names i.e Mamador, Power oil, devon kings or union oil.

So mamador and power oil aren't groundnut oil?

brianromel:


Its already been done by Pz Wilmar and Presco, these are the only companies that are actually refining Palm Oil for cooking.(Mamador and Poweroil.)

Others are already looking at getting into the business.

tuk2ato:
So mamador and power oil aren't groundnut oil?

nope dear. they ain't.

tuk2ato:
So mamador and power oil aren't groundnut oil?

read the ingredients.that's why it's there

mikolo80:
read the ingredients.that's why it's there

Exactly.

They fracture Refined Bleached and Deodorized Palm Oil to get Mamador and Power oil. The best part is due to the fracturisation you get Palm oil as cooking oil with avery low Fatty content(trans fat).

Thats why Power oil sells so well and why naija still calls it vegetable oil.

brianromel:


Exactly.

They fracture Refined Bleached and Deodorized Palm Oil to get Mamador and Power oil. The best part is due to the fracturisation you get Palm oil as cooking oil with avery low Fatty content(trans fat).

Thats why Power oil sells so well and why naija still calls it vegetable oil.

they are all vegetable oil but our ppl never research to find out what "vegetable" they're talking about(gnut,sunflower,corn,palm,coconut all na vegetable,so long as it is not lard or pig fat)

brianromel:


You use crude Palm Oil, thats red oil for cooking stews, soups and frying yam eggs, fish and chicken.

Please share your recipe on doing it without getting that Strong palm Oil taste or changing the color of the meal you are using it for.

Also which of the vegetable oils do you use, the locally sold one in bottles or the brand names i.e Mamador, Power oil, devon kings or union oil.

Strong palm oil taste? i dont understand what you mean by that. I just love the rich taste of crude natural palm oil and there's nothing i want to change about it. The colour change it causes doesnt bother me so i no send. The vegie oil i use seldomly is turkey brand.

fayahsoul:

Strong palm oil taste? i dont understand what you mean by that. I just love the rich taste of crude natural palm oil and there's nothing i want to change about it. The colour change it causes doesnt bother me so i no send. The vegie oil i use seldomly is turkey brand.

Oh dear my bad

I thought you meant you used Crude Palm Oil for everything and that you didn't use any other oil.

brianromel:


Oh dear my bad

I thought you meant you used Crude Palm Oil for everything and that you didn't use any other oil.

yes i do use crude palm oil for every every. I only use vegie oil when i run out of palm oil.

ok

fayahsoul:

yes i do use crude palm oil for every every. I only use vegie oil when i run out of palm oil.

Sorry to ask dear but do you mean you use it for everything like

Cooking stew
Soups
Frying Yam
Eggs
toasting bread
or
general Baking.

Because if you do, we would really like to know how you do it.

brianromel:

Sorry to ask dear but do you mean you use it for everything like
Cooking stew Soups Frying Yam Eggs toasting bread or general Baking.
Because if you do, we would really like to know how you do it.

lol toasting bread....guy are you nigerian?

fayahsoul:

lol toasting bread....guy are you nigerian?

Lol

Yes

I am a foodie also.

That's why I ask, I bake and do pastries for my self and my guests at times.

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