Ive seen a lot of posts about palm oil and pictures of injured orangutans and I know it upsets all of us. But then I realised that while most of us care, we arent really clued in on how we can actually boycott products using palm oil so we never really change our purchasing habits (I just bought a dove body wash, bad!). So heres a list I found that might help us. All it takes is just paying a little bit extra attention. :) 1. The most common name palm oil is hidden under is vegetable oil. Almost all Asian products or products made in Asia that have vegetable oil written on the label means that it is palm oil. 2. Most pre-packaged snack foods made by well known, large corporate-giants (Nestle, Unilever etc) contain palm oil. 3. If a products saturated fat content is over 40% of its total fat content, it will almost always have palm oil in it. 4. Ingredients with the word palm in them are palm oil or are derived from the oil palm fruit. 5. Nearly all home-brand/no-name pasties and confectionery will contain palm oil (Coles/Safeway donuts, muffins, cakes, chocolate, confectionery etc). 6. If you are not sure whether a product contains palm oil, either type the product name into google along with palm oil and see the search results, or call the company and ask if they use palm oil. 7. To avoid palm oil, look out for products that contain alternative vegetable oils, such as 100% sunflower oil, corn oil or canola oil. However, please note that Soybean oil is often associated with the destruction of rainforest in Brazil.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 08:10:31 +0000
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