palm kernel
Inside the fruit
The palm kernel is the seed found inside the fruit of oil palm trees.
It yields palm kernel oil, used in cooking, cosmetics, and industrial products.
The oil differs from palm oil, which comes from the fruit's flesh rather than its seed.
Palm kernel oil is a common ingredient in processed foods.
- endospermSeed's internal nutrient tissue
- millingProcessing grain mechanically
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- cooking oilLiquid fat for cooking
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