Let's start with the price. Palm oil is the largest oil at present, with an annual global output of more than 50 million tons, followed by soybean oil, about 38 million tons, and the rest of those oils basically do not exceed 6.5438+million tons. The main reason for the high palm oil production is the high output, which can reach 4 tons per hectare, equivalent to more than 500 kilograms per mu; We know that the highest oil yield per mu of conventional oil is peanut, and the data learned a few years ago is that the average oil yield per mu is 100 kg-it can be seen that palm oil needs a smaller producing area to harvest the same oil. More importantly, most of these producing areas are concentrated in tropical areas such as Malaysia and Indonesia, and most palm plantations are former tropical rainforests. Compared with traditional agricultural countries, the use cost of these lands is also lower. Low land cost is the biggest factor of low palm oil price, so the domestic palm oil transaction price in normal years is nearly 3000 yuan lower than that of soybean oil in the same period. The latest boom of palm oil occurred at 20 10, which led to the collapse of the nascent biodiesel industry. Some factories in the coastal areas of China have built production lines, and now they are all in a state of suspension, but Malaysia and Indonesia are more affected. Many people in the industry regard this upsurge as a planned attack by the petrochemical industry on the palm oil industry. People familiar with palm oil must also know that the price of palm oil has been upside down for a long time, that is, the domestic price is lower than the country of origin, which is caused by futures trading, so I will not discuss it here.

Let's talk about use first. As mentioned above, China imported a lot of palm oil, about 7 million tons, of which about 5 million tons were used for cooking oil-a large part of these oils went into household clothes, yes, those blended oils. What we usually hear about soybean blended oil and peanut blended oil does not mean that soybeans or peanuts account for the absolute majority-palm oil may be the majority, mainly palm oil is cheaper. However, palm oil not only plays such an unknown role, but also has great uses in at least one food industry, that is, fried food, the most prominent of which are instant noodles and western-style fast food restaurant K&M (in alphabetical order). Using palm oil in fried food is a more suitable choice, because palm oil can withstand high temperature for a long time, while ordinary plants will undergo oxidative deterioration, yellowing and blackening in a short time, which is easy to produce carcinogens, but palm oil can be fried for a long time without discoloration. The reason why this can be done is mainly because palm oil has high saturation, even higher than some animal oils, so its stability is good. In addition, palm oil has a high melting point and can be used as some food additives, but coconut oil has come from behind in recent years.