Palm oil - a most versatile and nutritious edible oil

"Palm oil is very unique in the sense that it is the only vegetable oil high in tocotrienols, which demonstrate positive attributes, namely anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, cardio-protective and neuroprotective effects, ” director-general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir

KUALA LUMPUR: With 80 per cent of palm oil used in food applications, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) says it is constantly focusing on providing evidence of the nutritional properties of the versatile oil, backed by credible scientific research carried out in collaboration with renowned research institutions as well as in-house.

Numerous studies found that palm oil carries health benefits such as being anti-oxidant, anti-cancer as well as having the potential to be a key ingredient for high value-based food products such as infant food formulation.