Palm oil is the world's most exported vegetable oil. It is a key component in products ranging from soaps to margarine and is one of the few vegetable oils with high amounts of saturated fats, hence it is semi-solid at room temperature.
It is typically fractionated into higher value products for specific applications in foods.
It is important to understand how palm oil crystallises with particular reference to palm oil fractionation and palm oil applications, but also in advancing our understanding of the crystallisation of fat systems in general.