Pound for pound, palm oil has a huge edge over alternatives squeezed out of canola, soybeans or sunflowers.
View of a palm oil plantation in Cigudeg, Bogor, Indonesia.
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A palm oil plantation in Malaysia.
Photo by Craig via Wikimedia CommonsPound for pound, palm oil has a huge edge over alternatives squeezed out of canola, soybeans or sunflowers.
View of a palm oil plantation in Cigudeg, Bogor, Indonesia.
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