Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014
Substitute
There are alternatives if you can’t find dendê. For example, using sesame oil or peanut oil – although the flavour and colour will differ. One site suggests using annato oil (or adding ground annato seeds) to give this alternative the correct colour
Types
Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy fruit, and palm kernel oil which comes from crushing the kernel, or the stone in the middle of the fruit.
