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Why do Nigerian refineries use palm kernel oil?

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. This product is liquid at ambient conditions except during the rainy season when the product congeals due to low temperatures (<20°C).

How is palm kernel oil processed?

This is because processing of palm kernel oil involves degumming, bleaching, deodorization, cooling, and packaging. This product is liquid at ambient conditions except during the rainy season when the product congeals due to low temperatures (<20°C). Processing of palm oil requires degumming, bleaching, and deodorization followed by fractionation.

How much does palm kernel oil cost?

At palm kernel oil: palm oil blending ratio of 80:20, 70:30, and 60:40, savings in raw material cost is 2.2%, 3.3%, and 4.4%, respectively, and this amounts to $960,000; $7,596,774; and $7,636,708, respectively, for a 100-tonnes per day refinery operated at 60% capacity utilization.

What is the ratio of palm olein and palm kernel oil?

Some refineries blend palm kernel oil and palm oil at ratios of 8:2 to 6:4 for food frying. 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.