palm oil
edible and biocombustible vegetable oil from fruit of oil palms
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Summary
palm oil is a mixture[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of mixture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,304 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: food ingredient[3]
- Subclass of: cooking oil[4], biocombustible[5]
- Part of: Brazilian cuisine[6]
- Commons category: Palm oil[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Palm oil[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
- Topic has template: Template:Palm oil[12]
- Natural product of taxon: Elaeis guineensis[13]
- Different from: palm kernel oil[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15], Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - Culinária[16]
- Carbon footprint: 15.1 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram[17]
- Water footprint: 4971 cubic metre per ton[18]
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Influence
Things named for palm oil include Palmolive[19], a brand[20].
Why It Matters
palm oil has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]