How to Use palm oil in a Sentence

palm oil

noun
  • The same was the case with coconut, palm oil and groundnut.
    Michael E Odijie, Quartz Africa, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The company is one of the largest buyers of palm oil in the world.
    Amanda Shendruk, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Malaysia is the second-biggest shipper of palm oil to the U.S.
    Elizabeth Elkin, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Based on the order, palm oil was used as the bulk of the fat content, while a bit of butter was added for taste.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Olivia is not the first Girl Scout to raise questions about the way palm oil makes its way into the cookies.
    CBS News, 29 Dec. 2020
  • While better for you than some options, palm oil is still not good for your health.
    Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Malaysia is the world's second largest producer of palm oil.
    Eileen Ng, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Malaysia is the world’s second largest producer of palm oil.
    Eileen Ng, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2020
  • There could be corn syrup, there could be palm oil, there could be additives.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The spokeswoman said about 0.25% of Ferrero’s palm oil comes from the Malaysian company.
    Allison Prang, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2022
  • If fish is the king, olive oil is the queen in the Mediterranean diet -- stay away from coconut and palm oil, experts say.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 May 2021
  • The Genting Group also owns palm oil plantations in Malaysia.
    Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • News of the ban sent Malaysian crude palm oil futures prices — the global benchmark — soaring.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 19 May 2022
  • The culprits behind the shrinking forests have long been the same: the coal, palm oil and timber industries, to name a few.
    David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The flavor depends on how long it’s been fermented and the presence of palm oil.
    Chisom Peter Job, Bon Appétit, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The guide asked who in the group was American, and if any of them checked food labels to see if the product contained palm oil.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 10 July 2023
  • The price of ingredients such as palm oil, crude oil and soybean oil all rose sharply in the quarter.
    Nick Kostov, WSJ, 22 July 2021
  • The price of palm oil, used in products from chocolate to toothpaste, is near a decade high and likely to climb further.
    Lucy Craymer, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Mondelez expects 80% of its palm oil to meet the new requirements by the first quarter next year.
    Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The move is intended to help fill the shortage in global palm oil supplies.
    Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 17 May 2022
  • She’d been poisoned, presumably by the palm oil, which is toxic to dogs.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2021
  • China and India are among the world’s biggest importers of soy, pulp and paper, and palm oil.
    National Geographic, 27 June 2018
  • In Senegal: Cooks are likely to use tamarind, and additional palm oil to the base of the cooking pan, which gives the dish a crusty edge.
    Haleluya Hadero, Quartz Africa, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Overall, the price of carbon has to be high enough to address large scale soy, palm oil, cattle and timber.
    Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Pakistan’s biggest food import is palm oil, which has jumped in price.
    New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Paper and palm oil plantations farm their crop in the rich peatlands of the Sumatran coast and the island of Borneo.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Forests are cleared to make way for palm oil, rubber, and cocoa plantations, as well as for small-scale slash-and-burn farms.
    Tim McDonnell, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • The fund is looking at other crops too, from cocoa to coconut, rice, palm oil and shea butter.
    Aryn Baker/sahabevava, Time, 13 June 2018
  • The indictment also says that around that time, Maduro obtained $5 million from the drug trade and got involved in a money laundering operation involving the palm oil business.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
  • According to the zoo, Baird’s tapirs face a number of adversaries, including hunting for sport, and loss of habitat and food supply due to cattle grazing, palm oil harvesting, and rubber plantations, the zoo said.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 July 2024

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