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Palm Butter

Palm butter is a thick purée made from the fleshy pulp of palm fruit and is used as a base for soups and sauces.

Palm Butter — illustrative ingredient image

About Palm Butter

Palm butter is a thick purée or paste made from the fleshy pulp of palm fruit, usually after the fruit has been softened and separated from fibrous or hard components. It is used as a base for soups, stews, and sauces.

It contributes a smooth or slightly fibrous body and a distinctive palm-fruit flavour. It is typically orange to reddish-brown and dense, though texture and concentration vary with straining and added liquid.

Palm butter may be sold fresh, frozen, jarred, or packaged as a prepared ingredient. Some products are ready to cook, while others require dilution; these forms can differ in thickness, colour, and the degree of fibrous material retained.

Ingredient type
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Palm Butter

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Palm Butter nutrition & diet

Palm Butter nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Butter, plain, no added salt

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
733.5kcal
Protein
1.1g
Carbs
0.6g
Fat
82.2g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Establish the palm species and whether palm butter is a strained pulp, seasoned purée, canned product, or cooked soup base. Record the edible preparation and any dilution with water, oil, stock, coconut, spices, or other ingredients.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to identified palm-fruit pulp prepared as butter or purée, with strained, seasoned, canned, or cooked form specified.

Diet considerations

Palm butter is plant-derived when made solely from palm-fruit pulp. Compatibility changes if the preparation includes fish, meat, shellfish, dairy, stock, or other animal additions. Thick soups may also contain cereals, tubers, legumes, oils, or sweeteners that alter the meal’s carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3 — F001971 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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