Re:One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mothe...
by spockz on Saturday June 29, 2019 @03:11PM
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In Italy, there seems to be a whole campaign against palm oil. Many product wrappers, including those of margarine, claim to be free of palm oil in quite a big font. So at least in Italy there is awareness. I do not know what prompted this.
And it's in everything 'ready' - cookies, bread, chocolate, curry sauce, any ready meal, any fastfood you buy, ...
Alternative oils such as sunflower or rapeseed oils should be able to (and used to!) cover most of these use cases, but sadly our food industry seems to choose palmoil despite the ecological damage (rainforest destruction, monocultures, erosion, ...) and the widely reported slavery and social harm. Some companies (such as Ferrero) slap 'certificates' of non-harm on the package, which have little evidence behind them and, if anything, will still mean that the demand for palm oil keeps increasing.
Really disappointing. Hope companies become more conscious rather than just cost-conscious.