Palm kernel is another name for the kernel or seed of the oil palm fruit. These palm kernels are edible and can also be processed into palm kernel oil. There are 2 kinds of oil made from palm oil, namely the core or seeds of the fruit of the oil palm, which is known as palm kernel oil. And the second comes from the flesh of the palm fruit that has gone through squeezing and boiling which is known as crude palm oil. The method of preparation and the ingredients for kernel oil are the same as regular coconut oil.

There are many uses of the palm kernel that you need to know about. Machines that can convert palm oil into food ingredients, namely refining, fractionating, deodozing, hydrogenation, and bleaching. Kernel oil can also be used as raw material for making olechemicals such as fatty alcohols, fatty esters, glycerol, fatty acids, and others.