KOMPAS.com – The Indonesian government inaugurated two types of subsidized cooking oil for the public namely oil and red eating oil. Both are said to be an alternative to cooking oil from the government.
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Although both owned by the government, oil and red dining oil have several differences. Anything?
1. Oil first inaugurated

Oil was inaugurated by the government through the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia at that time, Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) in July 2022.
Two years later, red dining oil was then inaugurated by the former President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo in March 2024.
However, the construction of the red dining oil factory in North Sumatra has been prepared since 2022.
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2. The color is different

Oil, clear yellow tends to be turbid and packaged in kiloan plastic, and literants.
Meanwhile, although the color is not yet common in Indonesia, red eating oil is red, as the name suggests.
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