Oil palm fruits on the tree, Malaysia
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For each hectare of oil palm, which is harvested year-round, the annual production averages 10 tonnes of fruit, which yields 3, 000 kg of pericarp oil, and 750 kg of seed kernels, which yield 250 kg of high quality palm kernel oil as well as 500 kg of kernel meal. Palm fronds and kernel meal are processed for use as livestock feed. The high oil yield of oil palm trees (as high as 7, 250 liters per hectare per year) has made it a common cooking ingredient in southeast Asia and the tropical belt of Africa. Its increasing use in the commercial food industry in other parts of the world is buoyed by its cheaper pricing, the high oxidative stability of the refined product and high levels of natural antioxidants.