Avoiding products that contain unnecessary palm oil (for example ... You can find out more about palm oil on our ‘8 things to know about palm oil’ web page [1]. It is time to #FixTheFoodSystem. By ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

We can also help by trying to avoid products that use unsustainable palm oil. Can you identify which products you buy in a weekly shop that contain palm oil? Try our quiz below! Image caption ...

Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), native to West Africa but now widely grown in tropical regions, particularly in ...

Plantations certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) can’t clear “primary forests or areas which contain significant concentrations of biodiversity (e.g. endangered species ...

That’s the stuff used in foods and in the manufacture ... is to ensure you ask for and only buy products that contain sustainable palm oil,” she adds. And this means challenging the brands ...

Palm oil can be found in many things, from make-up to pizza, soap to chocolate. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains how the demand for palm oil is unfortunately leading to ...

Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet. Indeed, it is estimated that almost half of all food and cosmetic products on supermarket shelves contain palm oil.

"Whether it's biscuits or cake products, certain ingredients, and hand soaps, all these different things which you think would never contain palm oil but they do. "The problem for suppliers was ...

JAKARTA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia has clamped down on exports of used cooking oil (UCO) and palm oil residue to ensure supply to domestic cooking oil and biodiesel industries, the government ...