Name: Igbo Virgin Red Palm Fruit Oil - ODARA INC
Price: 38.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Source

ODARA INC, VIRGIN RED IGBO RED Palm Fruit Oil is sourced from “Sustainable Sources, indigenous, small multi culture Farms in IGBO LAND, West Africa, and comes from the Fruit of the Oil, Palm Tree Elaeis guineensis. This Tree originated in West Africa but has since spread to other tropical areas including Southeast Asia

Fun Facts

Did you know, that Organically Grown in the Igbo Speaking Area of WEST AFRICA, Virgin Red Palm Fruit Oil, acts as a Preservative and according to most West African Tribes and Culture, they believe it also, acts as an Antidote to some Poisons.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE OIL PALM TREE CAN GROW UPTO 40 FEET, AND IN SOME INSTANCES OVER 40 FEET? AND THAT AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT OF ABOUT 12 TO 20 FEET, AFTER 5 TO 10 YEARS OF GROWTH THE OIL PALM TREE FARMER CAN CONVERT THE TREE INTO AN ALCHOHOL PRODUCING ALL-NATURAL PALM WINE FACTORY.
THIS CONVERSION PROCESS, OF THE OIL PALM TREE, FROM PALM FRUITS TO PALM WINE STOPS IT FROM PRODUCING PALM OIL FRUITS.

1. It is a bona fide food Chuck full of Antioxidant Flavonoids, Carotenoids, Oleic acids, and Polyphenols,
2. Unrefined Red Palm oil is derived from the fruit of the oil palm and not the seed.
3. The rich Orange/Red color of Red Palm Fruit Oil reveals the presence of antioxidant Vitamins A and E, in the forms of beta-carotene and rare tocotrienols and tocopherols of the Vitamin E family.

NO Chemical Pesticides, NO Glyphosates, NO Artificial flavors, NO artificial preservatives YES Colors derived naturally, NO MSG, NO Cholesterol

Uses

Red Palm Fruit Oil Can be used as the Oil alternative/ Lard alternative, For, all kinds of cooking, soups, grilling, braising, stewing,
a. replaces butter, in all baking, pastry, biscuits, brownies, waffles, pancake, colors the dish orange or reddish, and for Savory dishes as well.
b. Can be used to make Pasta and Spaghetti

What is the difference between Red Palm Fruit Oil vs. Palm Kernel Oil?

Regarded as a sacred healing food by many civilizations, including the ancient Egyptians, crude or virgin red palm fruit oil should be regarded as one of the most nutritious edible oils in the world. It is not to be confused with palm kernel oil. It is derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) and is referred to as “red palm oil” because of its rich dark red color in its unprocessed natural state. Palm kernel oil is derived from the seed or the kernel.
Palm fruit oil contains mainly palmitic and oleic acids and is about 50% saturated, while palm kernel oil contains mainly lauric acid and is more than 89% saturated. The general assumption that kernel oil and palm fruit oil are one in the same may have lead to one of the greatest oversights in modern nutrition. The stigma attached to the kernel has kept the fruit in the dark – at least until now. Virgin organic sustainable red palm fruit oil is otherwise a bona fide food.
Palm kernel oil does not convey the same health benefits that red palm fruit oil does. The health benefits are only achieved due to the red color of the palm fruit oil that is attributed to its high content of carotenes, which include beta-carotene and lycopene. These powerhouse antioxidant nutrients are the same ones that give tomatoes and carrots and other fruits and vegetables their rich red and orange colors. What may shock you is that red palm fruit oil contains more that tomatoes or carrots. Red palm fruit oil is also densely packed with numerous tocotrienols – a powerful form of vitamin E.
Processed palm oil does not contain cholesterol and behaves like hydrogenated fats (the dangerous trans-fatty acids) in packaged foods since it has “thickness” at room temperature. This makes it ideal for many food manufacturers to use in place of hydrogenated oils in their snack products. Processed foods can then be advertised as being “trans fat free” and “cholesterol free”. But, when red palm oil is refined and processed, the red color disappears and its nutritional and healing benefits are destroyed. Once it becomes part of a processed snack food, it no longer features the health benefits and powerful antioxidants found only in the raw palm oil.

What is the difference between Red Palm Fruit Oil vs. Fish and Coconut Oils

But how does red palm fruit oil compare with fish oil you may ask? Frankly, comparing fish oil to red palm oil would be comparing apples to oranges.

The health benefits of fish oil come mainly from its high levels of omega-3 essential fatty acids known as EPA and DHA. These are incredibly important to our health. In fact, fish oils feature some of the most wide-reaching health benefits, and far and away have the most robust science to back claims related to heart, brain, and immune health and serve to manage inflammation better than any other oil. However, fish oil is extremely susceptible to high temperature, air and light – which is why you can’t cook with it. Red palm fruit oil, on the other hand, is very stable.

Palm fruit oil contains less cholesterol-lowering “long-chain” omega-3 fatty acids than fish oil. What red palm oil contains, however, is a lot of “medium-chain” and “short-chain” fatty acids – both of which scientists recognize as healthy for us and necessary in moderation.

And while we’re comparing, let’s look at an apple-to-apple scenario: coconut oil vs. red palm fruit oil. Even when you account for the marginally higher levels of medium chain triglyceride (MCT) levels that coconut oil has over palm, it is once again the carotenoid and tocotrienol antioxidants that give it a significant health advantage over coconut oil.

What is the Availability and Sustainability of Red Palm Oil?

By now, one question you may have is, “Where do I get some?” Actually, you can already purchase this at your local health food store. It gets imported from Malaysia, the world’s second largest producer of palm oil.

Besides its known nutritional virtues, private enterprise has recognized palm oil’s other lucrative applications.

With the price of crude oil and gas hitting an all-time record high through 2012, palm oil seems to have caught the attention of scientists and corporations as one of the few plausible sources of biodiesel. The concept that palm oil should be used as a renewable substitute for petroleum-derived diesel has already received criticism from various non-governmental organizations worldwide.

The controversy is focused primarily on three issues: Extinction of orangutans, deforestation, and, particularly, the food vs. fuel dispute. Besides demolishing the habitat of one of the most wonderful creatures on earth, it is thought that the conversion of the crops currently used for food over to fuel would significantly decrease accessibility to those looking to use the oil for dietary purposes, increasing the number of undernourished people in the world.

A Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed in 2004 to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil products. Where some researchers believe that the palm oil industry has the capacity to fulfill both demands, responsible people don’t want to create negative environmental impact. So, on top of “virgin” and “organic” red palm fruit oil, we need to look for brands that produce the oil sustainably.

Igbo Virgin Red Palm Fruit Oil

Igbo Virgin Red Palm Fruit Oil

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