DETOPCY BEST LIMITED is a member of Successedge Exporters Network. The
Company registered by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the Corporate
Affairs Commission and duly certified as an exporter by Nigerian Export
Promotion Council. The company is located at No 64 Mafoluku Road, Oshodi, LagosState,
Nigeria. We deal in products like Palm Oil, Smoked Fish and other food items.
Palm
oil is the most widely used vegetable oil. It comes from the fruit of the
African oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis).
Grown
only in the tropics, the oil palm tree produces high-quality oil used primarily
for cooking in developing countries. It is also used in food products,
detergents, cosmetics and, to a small extent, biofuel. Palm oil is a small
ingredient in the U.S. diet, but more than half of all packaged products
Americans consume contain palm oil—it’s found in lipstick, soaps, detergents
and even ice cream.
Palm oil is a very
productive crop. It offers a far greater yield at a lower cost of production
than other vegetable oils. Global production of and demand for palm oil is
increasing rapidly. Plantations are spreading across Asia, Africa and Latin
America. But such expansion comes at the expense of tropical forests—which form
critical habitats for many endangered species and a lifeline for some human
communities.
Native
to West Africa, oil palm has been traditionally grown as a subsistence
crop in small-scale farming systems for thousands of years.
Oil
palms were introduced to Southeast Asia by European traders in the
early 19th century, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia, where the climate
is more humid, and therefore even more conducive to oil palm growth. Palm oil
trees can grow to over 20 metres tall, and unlike some other vegetable oil
crops, the fruit can be harvested all year round.
Large-scale
production on monocultural oil palm plantations has become highly prevalent
over the last forty years in response to ever-increasing global demand.
Why
is palm oil so widely used?
Palm
oil is very versatile and widely used in food products, detergents, and
cosmetics. At least 50% of the consumer products sold in most
supermarkets contains palm oil. It is also increasingly used as a biofuel.
Palm
oil has the potential to be a more economically viable and sustainable vegetable
oil than the alternatives:
·
using
up to 10 times less land than other major vegetable oils such as rapeseed or
sunflower;
·
producing
higher yields per hectare – one hectare of land can produce 4,000kg palm oil,
or 500kg of kernel oil;
·
requiring less
fertiliser, fewer pesticides, and storing more carbon than other oil
crops.
We
can send us an e-mail: detopcybest1045@yahoo.com or call us on: +2348038246269.
