Palm kernel oil

What it is and why it counts

An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

These are extracted from foods or derived from them industrially: refined sugars made from starch, isolated proteins and fibres, modified starches and oils. NOVA calls them "substances of no or rare culinary use", the other defining sign of an ultra-processed food.

More about palm kernel oil on Wikidata

Where it turns up

Palm kernel oil appears in 12 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

• Protein bars 3 of 426 products
• Bonbons 2 of 193 products
• Cereal bars 2 of 487 products
• Nut bars 2 of 130 products
• Biscuits 1 of 1,514 products
• Nougats 1 of 12 products

Products containing palm kernel oil

• Nut Bars Kirkland Signature · 40 g NOVA group 4
• Nut Bar Kirkland · 40 g NOVA group 4
• Chewy Protein Bars Kirkland Signature · 1680 g NOVA group 4
• Maple Leaf Sandwich, Celebration Cookies Leclerc Celebration 🇨🇦 · 350 g NOVA group 4
• Pure Protein Chocolate Peanut Butter Pure Protein · 50 g NOVA group 4
• Chocolate Deluxe Pure Protein · 50g NOVA group 4
• Fine Assorted Chocolates Russell Stover Candies Inc. NOVA group 4
• Chewy Protein Bar Kirkland · Kirkland NOVA group 4
• Chocolate Deluxe Gluten Free Bar Pure Protein · 6 x 50 g NOVA group 4
• Cherry Blossom Hershey's · 45 g NOVA group 4
• Yogourt Quaker NOVA group 4
• Nougat Odense · 250g NOVA group 4