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The tropical forest of West Africa is initially the first area where the oil palm was discovered before the 14th century. In particular, Nigeria was one of the places where this fruit was uncovered. Palm oil is ranked as the major vegetable oil in the world. In the 1960s, Nigeria was rated as the largest palm oil-producing and exporting country globally. However, the production was completely unsuccessful as a result of the government’s failure to formulate good policies, while the local consumption increases. Oil palm production in Malaysia became a contributing sector to the national economy. It alleviates poverty, provides employment, allocates resources, generates incomes, and leads to economic development. Due to good and sustainable palm oil policies in this sector, Malaysia achieved global recognition. This paper’s objective is to disclose the ineffective policies on palm oil in Nigeria and its sustainability in Malaysia. This paper is a qualitative design, it used primary and secondary methods. The primary method is based on a semi-structured interview, while the secondary method is based on documents. It adopted inductive thematic analysis for analysing interview data with the help of Atlas ti. This paper’s finding is the unsuccessful palm oil policies in Nigeria and the sustainable palm oil policies in Malaysia.In conclusion, there is a need for Nigeria, to learn from the Malaysian experience.

Abstract Four samples of trans ‐free vanaspati were made using palm oil‐palm stearin‐palm olein (PO‐POs‐POo) blends (set A) and another four samples (set B) using palm oil‐palm stearin‐palm kernel olein (PO‐POs‐PKOo). Palm stearin iodine value [iodine value (IV), 30] and soft palm stearin (IV, 44) were used in this study. The products were evaluated for their physical and chemical properties. It was observed that most of the vanaspati were granular (grainy) and had a shiny appearance. Chemical analyses indicated that vanaspati consisting of PO‐POs‐POo had higher IV (47.7–52.4) than the PO‐POs‐PKOo vanaspati (37.5–47.3). The higher IV demonstrated by set A samples was due to their higher content of unsaturated fatty acids, 46.0–50.0% compared to 36.6–45.0% in set B. Decreasing the amount of palm oil while increasing palm stearin in the formulations resulted in higher slip melting points and higher yield values. Eutectic interaction was observed in PO‐POs‐PKOo blends. The β′ crystalline form was predominent in PO‐POs‐POo samples (set A). One formulation in set B exhibited β crystallinity. From the differential scanning calorimetry thermograms, samples in set B showed a high peak at the low‐melting region as well as a high peak at the high‐melting region. In set A, the peak at the low‐melting region was relatively lower.