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Oil Palm Fiber
Oil palm fiber (also palm fibre) is a natural, renewable resource extracted from the palm husk once it has become an empty fruit bunch (EFP) – in other words, once the fruits have been harvested from the oil palm for oil production. The fiber can be used as mulch, fertilizer or soil remediation, or it can be processed and refined for the manufacturing of mattresses, sofas, and car seats for example. Newer applications make use of the fiber’s natural water repellent properties to form palm pulp for moulded packaging and paper materials. Research has shown that the fiber has nutritional and health benefits, and application of the fiber for foods such as cereals has now been recorded as well. According to several company sources that use palm fiber for the manufacturing of their products, processing generally does not require any chemicals, as such, the palm fiber remains natural, clean and non-toxic.