Uses of palm oil and top 2 producing countries of palm oil

Palm oil is widely used in pastries and baked food products as an alternative to butter or hydrogenated vegetable oil.

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Palm oil is widely used in personal care and cleaning products and provides a foaming agent in almost every soap, shampoo or detergent.

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About 70% of personal care products, including soaps, shampoos, makeups and lotions contain ingredients derived from palm oil.

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Palm oil is used to produce both methyl ester and hydrodeoxygenated biodiesel.

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The use of palm oil as biodiesel emits three times as much carbon as using fossil fuels.

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Palm oil is applied to wounds for its supposed antimicrobial effects.

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People use palm oil to prevent and treat vitamin A deficiency.

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It is also used for malaria, heart disease and cancer, but there is not enough scientific evidence to support these uses.

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Indonesia and Malaysia are the world's largest and second largest producers of palm oil, respectively.

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