The campaign, led by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), says that food giants are failing to ensure
the palm oil they source does not drive deforestation or worsen social conflict.
If these issues are important to you, you may choose to avoid palm oil as well, or be attentive to whether
the palm oil source is certified sustainable.
We are committed to achieving a traceable and transparent supply chain, and are actively working with our suppliers to achieve traceability on
the palm oil we source while ensuring the palm oil used in our products is grown according to the following principles:
The Sustainable
Palm Oil Sourcing Guidelines aim to assist companies in designing their own policies for sourcing palm oil more sustainably, and were developed by CGF retailer and... Read more»
Unilever, which first launched a sustainable
palm oil sourcing policy in 2013, announced last week that it will become the first consumer goods company to publicly disclose the suppliers and mills it sources from — directly and indirectly, Supply Chain Magazine reported.
The Kraft Heinz Company is also working on sustainable
palm oil sourcing by collaborating with the Rainforest Alliance and joining the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
All palm oil sourced by the DuPont facility in Grindsted, Denmark, where the company manufactures the majority of its emulsifier products, will be CSPO - certified (Certified Sustainable Palm Oil) as of January 1, 2015.
Partnering By partnering with Palsgaard, food manufacturers can meet demands for a sustainable business model on
palm oil sourcing.
A Greenpeace campaign video on the destructive nature of
palm oil sourcing for KitKat has gained a new lease of life with supporters calling for a boycott of Android KitKat.
It is only by consistently demanding higher production standards and transparent
palm oil sourcing — and demonstrating these values in the form of what we choose to buy, a.k.a. voting with one's dollars — that companies will make this happen.
Miss Jones Baking Co. has worked with the Rainforest Alliance on sustainable
palm oil sourcing since 2015.
Dunkin' is only the latest of a number of companies to change
its palm oil sourcing.
However,
palm oil sourced from rainforest and peatlands generating emissions 8 to 21 times greater than those from diesel.
Not exact matches
Double Chocolate Protein Sandwich Cookie Ingredients: Chocolate Peanut Spread (Dry Roasted Peanuts, Protein Blend [Hormone - Free Whey Protein, Unsweetened Cocoa, Natural Flavor, Less Than 0.1 % Lecithin & Stevia], Chocolate Chips [Unsweetened Cocoa, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla, Less Than 0.1 % Soy Lecithin], Organic Cane Sugar (Granulated and Powdered), Unsweetened Cocoa, Organic Virgin Coconut
Oil), Cane Sugar, Hormone - Free Whey Protein,
Palm Oil * (Sustainably
Sourced), Gluten Free Oat Flour, Natural Flavors, Dutch Cocoa Powder, Whole Eggs, Salt, Baking Soda.
As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity -
sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment in
palm oil and seafood
sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies in the electronics, apparel, and extractives sectors.
The Responsible
Sourcing Policy of Migros» main
palm oil supplier covers segregated CSPO and additional criteria which are verified by TFT.
For non-food products, Migros» own manufacturer will
source palm oil according to the German Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil (FONAP) Goals by 2
palm oil according to the German Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil (FONAP) Goals by 20
oil according to the German Forum for Sustainable
Palm Oil (FONAP) Goals by 2
Palm Oil (FONAP) Goals by 20
Oil (FONAP) Goals by 2020.
However, upon researching
palm oil, many
sources site it as being one of the «good» oils to use.
«We will work with suppliers, traders, and refiners to
source palm oil and derivatives that will be traceable to known
sources for the vast majority of our purchased oils.»
Carrefour published its
Sourcing Policy on Sustainable
Palm Oil in 2014 which includes the RSPO standard and additional criteria such as protection of peat lands and high carbon stock areas.
A number of food and beverage companies based in Singapore have committed to
sourcing sustainable
palm oil in recent years.
Getting to 100 % CSPO shows that these brands are committed to making sure that they are supporting sustainable producers — but now these brands need to focus on shifting to segregated
sources of CSPO and show that they also support the trade in physical sustainable
palm oil.
The ten companies officially joined the Southeast Asia Alliance for Sustainable
Palm Oil (SASPO), a business initiative led by the World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore aiming to lower barriers to sustainable
sourcing policies.
I also made a big batch of my Reina Pepiada (avocado chicken salad) and Perfect Paleo Crackers and brought along some Sa Mai plantain chips (which are cooked in locally -
sourced red
palm oil).
In addition, the brand she suggested (Spectrum) works with a family - owned sustainable
palm forest, so she's done her best to find an ethical
source of this particular
oil.
It does have
palm oil, that's always a concern (rainforest, orangutan habitat) but perhaps I could look into their
sourcing.
Cooked with
palm oil which is a major
source of its flavour, the
palm oil is bleached to a pale golden hue.
They're exactly the kind of company I'm happy to give my money to and I trust their commitment to ensuring their products are free from nasties (no artificial additives, MSG, colourings, preservatives, added refined sugar or
palm oil) and are ethically
sourced.
Haven't tried yet as am wondering about the
source of the
palm oil?
It's known to be inexpensive but I've seen facts that prove humans will go to any expense to kill monkeys and any wild life standing in their way to get the
palm oil from it's
sources.
Oil palms are an excellent source of o
Oil palms are an excellent
source of
oiloil.
A number of food and beverage companies based in Singapore have committed to
sourcing sustainable
palm oil, including 10 that signed on today.
Contains 2 % or less of Rusk (Wheat Flour, Ammonium Bicarbonate),
Palm Oil, Natural Flavors From Non-Meat
Sources, Salt, Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Sodium Alginate, Smoked Paprika, Pectin, Potato Maltodextrin, Barley Malt Extract, Smoked Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Smoke Flavoring, Citric Acid, Gum Arabic, Silicon Dioxide, Tricalcium Phosphate.
(vegan, gluten - free, dairy - free, non-gmo, soy - free): Dairy - Free Mozzarella (Filtered Water, Organic
Palm Fruit
Oil * †, Modified Food Starch, Natural Flavors [Plant
Sources], Less than 2 % of: Pea Fiber, Pea Starch, Bamboo Fiber, Calcium Phosphate, Rice Flour, Vegetable Glycerin, Sunflower Lecithin, Sea Salt, Sunflower
Oil, Carrageenan [Vegetable
Source], Calcium Sulfate, Citric Acid, Microbial Enzymes, Xanthan Gum, Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate), Dairy - Free Parmesan (Filtered Water, Organic
Palm Fruit
Oil * †, Modified Food Starch, Canola
Oil, Natural Flavors [Plant
Sources (Contains Autolyzed Yeast)-RSB-, Vegetable Glycerin, Less than 2 % of: Sunflower
Oil, Lactic Acid [Vegetable
Source], Calcium Lactate [Vegetable
Source], Sea Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Calcium Sulfate, Bamboo Fiber, Nutritional Yeast, Calcium Phosphate, Organic Chickpea Miso * [Organic Handmade Rice Koji *, Organic Whole Chickpeas *, Sea Salt, Water, Koji Spores], Sunflower Lecithin, Citric Acid, Microbial Enzymes, Annatto).
After watching this film last spring, I made the decision to drastically cut my use of vegan butter (and any product containing unethically
sourced palm oil) because money speaks, yo.
(vegan, gluten - free, dairy - free, non-gmo, soy - free): Filtered Water, Organic
Palm Fruit
Oil * †, Modified Food Starch, Natural Flavors (Plant
Sources), Less than 2 % of: Pea Fiber, Pea Starch, Bamboo Fiber, Nutritional Yeast, Calcium Phosphate, Rice Flour, Vegetable Glycerin, Sunflower Lecithin, Sea Salt, Sunflower
Oil, Lactic Acid (Vegetable
Source), Carrageenan (Vegetable
Source), Calcium Sulfate, Citric Acid, Enzymes, Annatto (for color), Xanthan Gum, Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate.
Source of Omega - 3 Fatty Acids Non hydrogenated No flavourings Dairy Free Suitable for Vegans Ingredients Rapeseed
oil *, water, coconut
oil * (21 %),
palm oil *, carrot juice *, lemon juice *, emul...
(vegan, gluten - free, dairy - free, non-gmo, soy - free): Modified Food Starch, Filtered Water, Organic
Palm Fruit
Oil †, Canola
Oil, Natural Flavors (Plant
Sources [Contains Autolyzed Yeast]-RRB-, Vegetable Glycerin, Less than 2 % of: Sea Salt, Bamboo Fiber, Nutritional Yeast, Calcium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Sodium Phosphate, Sunflower Lecithin, Citric Acid, Annatto.
The organic
palm fruit
oil we use in all MELT products is
sourced from Colombia (South America) and certified by the RSPO, Fair Trade USA and the Rainforest Alliance (www.rspo.org, www.fairtradeuse.org, www.rainforest-alliance.org).
Our flapjacks are dairy - free so we use sustainable
palm oil,
sourced from cer...
A small percentage of
palm oil is sustainably produced, but the MCT oils that I looked at gave no indication as to how or where it was
sourced.
Just one area of concern for your Australian readers is advocating consumption of
palm oil - 87 % of world consumption is
sourced by our nearby neighbours via deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia - the equivalent 0f 300 football fields is cleared every hour.
The organic
palm fruit
oil we use in all MELT products is
sourced from Colombia (South America) and certified Fair Trade / Ecosocial by the RSPO, Fair Trade USA and Rainforest Alliance (www.rspo.org, www.fairtradeuse.org, www.rainforest-alliance.org).
The
palm fruit
oil we
source is not linked to the destruction of old growth rain forests, the release of greenhouse gases, the displacement of native people, or the extinction of orangutans or Sumatran tigers (which only live in Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia).
Our certifications verify the
palm plantations we
source from are not developed by removing rain forests, but by converting pre-existing agricultural land to
palm oil production.
She was previously Executive Director of Indonesia
Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), where she worked with more than 30 partners, government officials and international stakeholders on sustainable palm oil production and sourcing proje
Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), where she worked with more than 30 partners, government officials and international stakeholders on sustainable palm oil production and sourcing projec
Oil Pledge (IPOP), where she worked with more than 30 partners, government officials and international stakeholders on sustainable
palm oil production and sourcing proje
palm oil production and sourcing projec
oil production and
sourcing projects.
«We have, for some years, held firm to our commitment to
sourcing only certified
palm oil by 2015, and these changes represent significant progress toward that goal,» said Annette Hansen, director of sustainability for DuPont Nutrition & Health.
Primary Emulsifiers Facility Will
Source Only Certified Sustainable
Palm Oil; Mass Balance Products to Become Standard Offering
MELT's Perfect Blend of beneficial oils features organic virgin coconut
oil — a stable saturated fat and a rich, fruit - based
source of medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs)-- smoothly blended with flaxseed
oil, hi - oleic sunflower,
palm fruit and canola oils.
I know it will not be easy to swallow that I consider having recourse to refined SHEA BUTTER but here are some reasons: 1) coconut
oil is costly and my aim is not only to avoid using unethically
sourced products, but also to reduce the cost of food; 2) coconut
oil has a very low melting point, even lower than spreadable butter, and even in its solid state it is quite soft, so I am afraid this vegan butter will not be fit for making puff pastry; 3) for all I know, and I know little, so I am not completely sure of this, coconut
oil has a better nutrient profile than shea butter and is less harmful (one may infer it from the resemblance between shea butter and
palm oil).