The global production of vegetable oil is dependent on the crushing of oilseeds and the production of perennial tropical oil plants, particularly, palm oil. It is noticed that the global palm oil production has exceeded the production of other edible oils in the last ten years. It is further projected that this production rate is going to decline over the forecast period. Maximum palm oil production is concentrated in Malaysia and Indonesia, together accounting for over one-third of the total vegetable oil production in the world. The production is projected to increase by 1.8% per annum over the forecast period in Indonesia, which is very less in comparison to 6.9% per annum in the last decade. The slow growth is attributed to the surging strict environmental policies from the major importers of palm oil, in addition to the sustainable agricultural norms. Hence, with this, the expansion of the palm oil area is predicted to be slowed down in Malaysia and Indonesia. It is further analyzed that in order to enhance the growth of palm oil production, certain productivity improvements are required, which include the escalation of replanting activities in these regions.
In the other regions of the world, palm oil production is projected to grow at a fast pace from a lower base mainly for utilization in the local and regional markets. For instance, in Thailand the palm oil production is assumed to be around 2.9 Mt by the end 2028, in Colombia, the production is expected to reach 2.0 Mt by the end of 2028, and in Nigeria, the production is projected to achieve a size of 1.2 Mt. by 2028. At the international level, the palm oil supply is estimated to grow at an annual growth rate of 1.8% over the time period 2019-2028 (source: OECD-FAO).
Due to the current novel coronavirus infection outbreak, the edible oil refineries have experienced a downfall in their operating capacity to around 50%. This is mainly attributed to the deficiency of raw materials along with delays in the import clearance. The decrease in the operating capacity is also related to the lockdown measures that resulted in the delayed harvesting of certain oilseeds, for instance, mustard seeds in India.
However, with due precautions and in order to satiate the essential need of edible oil for cooking purposes in households, manufacturing units are operating with around 40-50% of their installed capacity at present.
As per the FSSAI, restrictions have been imposed on the reuse of cooking oil in restaurants, hence, this will further augment the product sales with the increase in demand for utilization of fresh oil, further propelling the market growth during the forecast period.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, FSSAI imposed a new rule, with effect from July 2019, for all the food business operators consuming over 50 liters of edible oil for frying purposes. The new rule has been brought into action according to the Section 16 (5) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. It is required that all the food business operators must maintain a record of the repeated utilization of cooking oil and discard the used cooking oil to agencies authorized by the FSSAI. This is because of the fact that the repeated use and frying of cooking oils result in the formation of Total Polar Compound (TPC) which renders the edible oil unfit for human consumption. It has further been assessed that due to reheating, the nutritional and physicochemical properties of edible oils are affected rigorously. Hence, this has raised health concerns due to serious health hazards caused by the usage of reheated edible oil in restaurants.
The government has introduced a new set of laws for monitoring the utilization of cooking oil and has set the maximum permissible limit of TPC in cooking oil at 25%. Additionally, FSSAI has recruited the Indian Biodiesel Association for creating a nationwide eco-system to gather the utilized cooking oil and convert it into bio-diesel. All the food service restaurant operators are required to comply with the approved regulations. Also, the FSSAI has designed testing protocols for the testing of cooking oil reuse.
In terms of implementing the cooking oil standards, the FSSAI has launched a “Triple E Strategy”. The triple E in the strategy stands for Education, Empowerment, and Eco-system. Hence, with this, it is expected that the strategy will be helpful in providing education to all the food businesses and consumers regarding the health consequences of the reused cooking oil and this will further contribute to collecting the used cooking oil and directing it towards the efficient production of bio-diesel.
Segmentation:
By Product Type
- Coconut Oil
- Sunflower Oil
- Soybean Oil
- Groundnut Oil
- Mustard Oil
- Others
By End-User
- Household
- Commercial
- Industrial
By Distribution Channel
- Online
- Offline
By Geography
- North America
- USA
- Canada
- Mexico
- South America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Colombia
- Peru
- Others
- Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- Others
- Middle East and Africa
- Saudi Arabia
- Israel
- UAE
- Turkey
- Morocco
- Ethiopia
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Others
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Singapore
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Companies Mentioned
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
- Adani Group
- Cargill, Incorporated
- Paras Group
- Ngo Chew Hong Edible Oil Pte Ltd
- ACH Food Companies, Inc.
- Bunge