palmkernel oil

palmkernel oil (countable and uncountable, plural palmkernel oils)

1. Alternative form of palm kernel oil.
   • 1942 July 6–16, K. S. Markley, “Vegetable Oils That U. S. Needs from American Tropics”, in Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, volume 142, number 7, New York, N.Y.: Schnell Publishing Company, published 17 August 1942, →OCLC, page 7, columns 2–3:

     Besides palm oil which is produced from the pulp or pericarp surrounding the kernel of the African palm, there is also produced palmkernel oil from the kernels of this fruit. Palmkernel oil differs chemically and in its uses from palm oil, and the two oils should not be confused. Palmkernel oil is similar in its composition and uses to coconut oil and can replace this oil in most applications, especially in the production of free-lathering hardwater soaps.

   • 1986, Fred B. Padley, Frank D[enby] Gunstone, John L. Harwood, “Major vegetable fats”, in Frank D. Gunstone, John L. Harwood, Fred B. Padley, editors, The Lipid Handbook, London; New York, N.Y.: Chapman and Hall, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Occurrence and characteristics of oils and fats), page 80, column 1:

     The high lauric acid content in palmkernel oil is typical of numerous species of palm (Table 3.85). Kernel oils of intermediate composition have been obtained from hybrids of E. oleifera and E. guineensis. In the longer term we may therefore encounter commercial palmkernel oils of very different character to those of today (Tan and Berger, 1982).

   • 1993 December 13, Agweek Information Services, “Soybean prices may now be at their peak”, in Agweek, volume 9, number 19, Fargo, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16:

     Today world palmkernel oil exports in 1993-94 are projected at 931,000 tons, compared with 876,000 a year ago and will chiefly go to the United States, the European Union, Japan and China, where consumers are switching from coconut oil to palmkernel oil.