Posted byPalm Oil DetectivesMarch 13, 2024June 24, 2024Posted inBoycott Palm Oil, Brands, Chocolate and confectionery, Palm Oil Free BrandsTags:Boycott Palm Oil, branding, chocolate, collective action, confectionery, Easter, palm oil free
Did you know that @Nestle @CadburyUK @MDLZ @Mars @Hersheys are destroying rainforest for #palmoil and #cocoa? I DEMAND they go #palmoilfree this #Easter! Learn how to #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife! Visit: https://wp.me/pcFhgU-3Ly @palmoildetect
This #Easter I am boycotting @Nestle @CadburyUK @MDLZ @Mars @Hersheys chocolate. Because #palmoil and #cocoa in these products causes huge #deforestation! I DEMAND big brands go #palmoil free and I #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife! Visit: https://wp.me/pcFhgU-3Ly @palmoildetect
Easter is almost upon us and that means chocolate eggs and indulgence. Used as an emulsifier in chocolate, palm oil is what gives cheap chocolate a disgusting soapy and chalky flavour. It is prefered by mass producers because it is cheap. However its environmental and social cost is enormous.
Palm oil is linked to death, ecocide, deforestation and destruction. So this Easter, make sure you look out for palm oil free brands and actively avoid dirty palm oil.
“Sustainable” palm oil is a complete lie. RSPO members promoting themselves as being eco-friendly are still causing deforestation and human rights abuses for “sustainable” palm oil.
Below you can learn more about the tactics of palm oil greenwashing regularly employed to fool consumers.
Greenwashing Tactic #4: FakeLabels
Claiming a brand or commodity is green based on unreliable, ineffective endorsem*nts or eco-labels such as the RSPO, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or FairTrade…
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Greenwashing Tactic #7:Lying
Telling outright lies over and over again to consumers until they are believed as truth Jump to section Greenwashing: Endangered species Reality: Endangered species…
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Jump to section Orangutan Land Trust funded by rainforest destroying palm oil co. Kulim Malaysia Berhad Orangutan Land Trust funded by Agropalma: during decades-long…
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Palm oil industry not just destroying rainforests and killing orangutans: @AP investigation finds widespread labor abuses and links to leading banks, supply chains of top global brands. https://t.co/igjxL6W8wi
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 24, 2020See AlsoPalm Oil , Refined Oil and Allergies | BestFoodFacts.orgDairy Free Chocolate - Milk Free MomPalm Oil Free List | Ethical ConsumerWhat’s in Your Candy: The Palm Oil Crisis
Our undercover investigation alleged corruption, child labour, probable tax evasion, deforestation, worker deaths & paying police to attack villagers.
— Global Witness (@Global_Witness) March 11, 2022
The product made its way into world famous brands such as Nestlé, Danone, Kellogg's, Hershey's & Colgate.https://t.co/LEPdOQenFb
#OSINT #investigation by @adinarenner @ConradinZ @BarJack finds that 'sustainable' #palmoil is not actually sustainable, @RSPOtweets members still cause #fires #deforestation Via @NZZ https://t.co/xotMrKRi4k
— @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk – over there too (@PalmOilDetect) September 24, 2021
What does palm oil in chocolate do to the environment, rare animals and indigenous peoples?
Palm Oil Lobbyists Getting Caught Lying Orangutan Land Trust andAgropalma
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Promise, Divide, Intimidate and Coerce: 12 tactics used by palm oil companies intent onland-grabbing
The booklet “Promise, Divide, Intimidate and Coerce: 12 tactics palm oil companies use to grab community land” was created by World Rainforest Movement, GRAIN…
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Palm oil plantations are bad for wildlife great and small:study
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Yes, but Zoos/NGOs I think are trustworthy like Chester Zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and WWF support the RSPO and sustainable palm oil?
A network of Zoos and CONservation NGOS such as Orangutan Land Trust, Orangutan SOS, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Chester Zoo (a full list here) are either RSPO members themselves or they are funded by RSPO members (global retailers or palm oil companies) in exchange for promoting sustainable palm oil. This is a formal commercial agreement that they have.
Founding members of Singapore Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil @PaulPolman @Danone @WWF @Unilever – working together to #XTheHaze pic.twitter.com/uod22OAfey
— Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (@RSPOtweets) November 10, 2016
Cat Barton of @chesterzoo with inspiring ideas and actions on Sustainable #PalmOil and the Chester City project. Looking forward working together! pic.twitter.com/hv4OKaURKa
— Global Action on Sustainable Palm Oil (@EPOA_EU) June 13, 2018
An exciting panel discussion on how can zoos drive awareness and uptake of #sustainable #palmoil coming up at #EURT2018 with Cat Barton @chesterzoo, Doug Cress @waza and Bob Chastain @CheyenneMtnZoo. Full programme → https://t.co/vfcS60oIh9 pic.twitter.com/UGTgMyy5W5
— Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (@RSPOtweets) April 26, 2018
Well this is exciting! 🤗 @chesterzoo's #SustainablePalmOil partner @FerreroUK are on site with tasty goodies! And our amazing Zoo Rangers will be alongside them explaining why sustainable is so important for #conservation. 🌴💚 #SPO #Chester pic.twitter.com/PhZvHl01JF
— Julie Platt (🚙🇪🇺🐈🏴🐌🏳️🌈🍸) (@BettyShmem) September 2, 2021
Apps pushing fake palm oil sustainability on behalf of brands
The @ImpactScoreApp and @CheyenneMtnZoo apps (created in association with the RSPO) falsely recommend global chocolate brands that are supposedly “sustainable”. Yet countless reports by watchdogs like Global Witness, Greenpeace, AP, Mighty Earth, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Investigation Agency show this to be a greenwashing lie. ALL of these household brands are still causing human rights abuses, ecocide and deforestation for palm oil.
Here's your Spring Candy Shopping guide for products using sustainable palm oil! Protect elephants, orangutan, and their habitat by only supporting products using sustainable palm oil.
— IntlElephantFoundatn (@ElephantsIEF) April 9, 2022
Graphic courtesy of @CheyenneMtnZoo #Palmoil #ConserveWhatYouLove #Easter #EasterCandy pic.twitter.com/1JaAFpbzYo
Try the @impactscoreapp to find out what brands are using sustainable palm oil.
— Orangutan Land Trust🦧 (@orangulandtrust) April 10, 2022
Also have a look at the @ActforWildlife Sustainable Palm Oil Shopping List from @chesterzoo: https://t.co/Qlv6qTqbHf
Choose #Sustainable #PalmOil and #SaveOrangutans!
Brands listed as using “sustainable” palm oil on the Impact Score App and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo feature in a 2021 Global Witness report into death and slavery for palm oil in Papua..
Global Witness October 2021 Report: Violence and death for palm oil connected to household supermarket brands (RSPO members)
“One palm oil firm, Rimbunan Hijau, [Papua New Guinea] negligently ignored repeated and avoidable worker deaths and injuries on palm oil plantations, with at least 11 workers and the child of one worker losing their lives over an eight-year period.
“Tainted palm oil from Papua New Guinea plantations was sold to household name brands, all of them RSPO members including Kellogg’s, Nestlé, Colgate, Danone, Hershey’s and PZ Cussons and Reckitt Benckiser”
How do I know if chocolate I’m buying has palm oil in it?
Sometimes it’s deceptively difficult to find palm oil on chocolate packaging. It could be listed as one of 1,000’s different chemical names.
If you are ever in doubt look for the prefixes:
- LAUR
- STEAR
- GYLC
- PALM
in the ingredients list on packaging – this is most likely palm oil. Another tip is to shop for locally produced chocolate and vegan chocolate (if you happen to be vegan).
Which chocolate brands cause deforestation for palm oil?
In short, all of the major chocolate brands cause deforestation for palm oil. This includes (but is not limited to):
- Hersheys
Cadbury - Mondelez
- Nestle
- Allens
- Quality Street
- Ferrero
- Kinder
- Milka
- Ritter Sport
- Cargill
- Lindt
- Storck
- Mars
- Starbucks
Explore more here.
Palm Oil Free Chocolate and Confectionery
Bon Appetit and happy Easter!
Liberation Foods: chocolate, spreads, nuts.
Raw Gorilla: Cereals, snacks, chocolate
True Gum: chewing gum, mints, sweets.
2022 Easter Egg Buying Guide from Mighty Earth
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Thanks so much Ned for the share hope you are having a great weekend
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