Cottonseed oil vs. Palm kernel oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between cottonseed oil and palm kernel oil

Palm kernel oil has less vitamin E, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
Palm kernel oil covers your daily saturated fat needs 278% more than cottonseed oil.
Palm kernel oil contains 32 times less polyunsaturated fat than cottonseed oil. Cottonseed oil contains 51.9g of polyunsaturated fat, while palm kernel oil contains 1.6g.
Cottonseed oil has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking and Vegetable oil, palm kernel.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Cottonseed oil

Palm kernel oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~0mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Cottonseed oil

Palm kernel oil

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+826.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~24.7µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

~equal in Choline ~0.2mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	51.9g	1.6g	335%
Saturated fat	25.9g	81.5g	253%
Vitamin E	35.3mg	3.81mg	210%
Monounsaturated fat	17.8g	11.4g	16%
Calories	884kcal	862kcal	1%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Vitamin K	24.7µg	24.7µg	0%
Choline	0.2mg	0.2mg	0%