NewStats: 3,262,004 , 8,175,848 topics. Date: Saturday, 31 May 2025 at 01:29 PM 2r6t6q

there is a kind of palm oil that is most common in the western states(nigeria).the oil gives off a bad smell whenever u’re using it in cooking. the yoruba’s(I mean no offence, please) always use it, at home, and even in their buka’s and restaurants. Palm oil from the east doesn’t smell like that, infact, when I was serving in ogun state, anytime I go to the market, I  buy palm oil only from the igbo market women, ’cos they bring theirs from the east. I just want to know, whats responsible for that smell, what causes it. Some pple say its differences in the processing method of the palm fruits, if so ,how? or is it that it’s a different specie of palm tree that grows in the east?

you are right. there are some soup i love that palm oil in but not egusi, i think it is good with apon or ogbono soup. other than that no other soup i can think of. at some point, i lived in the western nigeria so i know that oil real good and we used to term it 'yoruba oil' no offence o. so strong aroma,

my mom always ask me to buy Igbo oil which is way expensive but that is her kind of oil and the one her people uses in the Southern part of nigeria.
I don't shop for the yoruba oil but i eat some meal prep in it with my friends.

maybe they store it for a long time to ferment and have that aroma.

i know that chemicals are added to some palm oils to make it redder and attractive to the eye. that could explain the strange smell.

i really cant say where d comes from but its always annoying wen u buy such

smell or no smell i need some for my puter ASAP!

It partly has to do with the method of preparation. I served in Ondo state and saw how they processed thier palm oil. It was very different from our own method of processing.

There is a brand of palm oil that smells funny and tastes a bit like soap!

No wonder ur had very few response