More palm oil is used for frying and cooking than for any other purposes. Its uses range from salad and cooking oils by the housewife to industrial uses such as frying instant noodles, potato chips, doughnuts, etc. In many countries, traditional cooking provide a large market for liquid oil for domestic purposes. This oil may be used for salad dressing, for frying and for other purposes

  Groundnut Oil:   An excellent all-rounder with the advantage of having no marked flavour yet at the same time being quite luscious. It is perfect for making mayonnaise, with just a little olive oil added for flavour, and it's an extremely useful oil for cooking – oriental dishes in particular, because with these the flavour of olive oil is alien and too strong.

  Palm oil is a good raw material for producing oleochemicals, fatty acids, fatty alcohol, glycerol and other derivatives for the manufacture of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, household and industrial products Oleochemicals manufactured from palm oil and palm kernel oil are now popular for the manufacture of environmentally friendly detergents, as they are readily biodegradable.