...Norshamliza Chamhuri; Nur Syahirah Che Lah; Peter J. Batt; Muhammad Nadzif Bin Ramlan; Norain Mod Asri; Azrina Abdullah Al-Hadi Purpose Palm oil has consistently been a staple ingredient in the Malaysian diet. Despite various promotional efforts throughout the years, the health aspects of palm oil...

...Fabrizio Flavio Baldassarre; Savino Santovito; Raffaele Campo; Giacomo Dilorenzo Purpose Palm oil is widely used in the food industry; however, there are two main controversies connected to its use, namely, its nutritional value and the environmental consequences deriving from its crop. In Italy...

...Parichehr Fatehi; Ahmad Salihin Baba; Vicit Rizal Eh suk; Misni Misran Purpose Red palm oil contains both tocopherol (∼30%) and tocotrienol (∼70%) with the latter having better antioxidant potency than the former by a factor of 60 times. The microemulsion is one of the most suitable carriers...

...Fabio Verneau; Francesco La Barbera; Mario Amato; Valeria Sodano Purpose Palm oil is a versatile ingredient of many food and non-food products. Yet, over the last year it has rapidly become a controversial product due to its alleged harmful health and environmental effects. Palm oil has rapidly...

...Donata Tania Vergura; Cristina Zerbini; Beatrice Luceri Purpose The palm oil debate has become highly polarised in recent years and is of crucial importance for multinationals and their policies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the consumers’ response towards product packs...

...Grobert A. Guadalupe; María Jesús Lerma-García; Ana Fuentes; José Manuel Barat; María del Carmen Bas; Isabel Fernández-Segovia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the presence of palm oil in food products on sale, and to study and compare consumers’ opinions about this oil type...

...Chiara Riganelli; Andrea Marchini Purpose This research considers a current problem statement: mandatory indication of palm oil among the list of ingredients (Regulation No. 1169/2011). The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of company choices about palm oil on consumer demand...