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Red palm fruit oil

Red palm fruit oil is extracted from oil-palm fruit flesh rather than the kernel, with deep orange-red colour and rich flavour for cooking.

Red palm fruit oil — illustrative ingredient image

About Red palm fruit oil

Red palm fruit oil is oil extracted from the fleshy fruit of the oil palm, rather than from its kernel. It has a deep orange-red colour and a distinctive, rich flavour; it may be sold as unrefined or refined oil.

It is used for cooking and as an ingredient in prepared foods. Refining and other processing can change its colour, flavour and composition, so unrefined red palm oil should not be treated as equivalent to refined palm oil or palm kernel oil.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Red palm fruit oil

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Red palm fruit oil nutrition & diet

Red palm fruit oil nutritional value

Palm oil, red — WAFCT 11_004

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the named food form.

Calories
898kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
99.8g

Per 100 g edible portion. Source: Vincent et al., FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Table for Western Africa (2019). Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate calculated by difference; square-bracketed fat in the source uses continuous-extraction analysis. Values describe this reference form, not every recipe, cultivar or preparation. Values are reused for a confirmed PlateSafe identity alias; the displayed reference form remains controlling.

Unrefined red palm oil differs from refined palm oil and palm kernel oil; processing and product type matter when comparing measured nutrition.

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: FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Table for Western Africa (2019) — 11_004 ↗. 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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