Comments on: A Year Without Palm Oil

By: Lorena Blanco López

Lorena Blanco López — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:09:00 +0000

I stopped eating Nutella when I knew about this all (7 months ago now). I also don’t use/buy many other products that now I know they are made with this oil also. BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM is that is many of them you are not able to find it since thet use the tag “vegetable oil” and that can be any.. just a few of them use “coconut oil” or “sunflower oil” on they tags. So as a result not I buy almost nothing, make my own “choco-pasta” at home and I’ve lost more than 5kg. Another problem for me is the cosmetics (mostly shampoo and shower gel that is the only I use) because I also like to make sure that they haven’t been tested in animals but it’s something else not easy to find on their tags. I think they should change whatever law that they follow to tag they produtcs and make sure that the client knows exactly what is getting. Only then it can be our responsability.

Oh, ofc, I didn’t stop only with Nutella but with any Ferrero product
as they are the owners of Nutella. I don’t mind if they don’t use palm
oil in the other products they sell. NOT WITH MY MONEY

By: Lorena Blanco López

Lorena Blanco López — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:03:00 +0000

I’m not eatting nutella anymore since I knew about this all (more than 7
months now), and with this I also stopped buying many other products
that content palm oil.. BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM is that many other
products don’t say if they contact palm oil, they use “vegetable oil” in
their tags so you never can be sure, just a small percentage of them
really says “coconut oil” or “sunflower oil”.. as a result now I buy
almost nothing!! make my own choco-pasta at home and I’ve lost 5. The
cosmetics is a big problem tho.. besides that I also check if they are
not tested in animals and again is something else not easy to find on
their tags.. :(

By: Lorena Blanco López

Lorena Blanco López — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:02:00 +0000

Oh, ofc, I didn’t stop only with Nutella but with any Ferrero product as they are the owners of Nutella. I don’t mind if they don’t use palm oil in the other products they sell. NOT WITH MY MONEY

By: Lorena Blanco López

Lorena Blanco López — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:01:00 +0000

I’m not eatting nutella anymore since I knew about this all (more than 7 months now), and with this I also stopped buying many other products that content palm oil.. BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM is that many other products don’t say if they contact palm oil, they use “vegetable oil” in their tags so you never can be sure, just a small percentage of them really says “coconut oil” or “sunflower oil”.. as a result now I buy almost nothing!! make my own choco-pasta at home and I’ve lost 5. The cosmetics is a big problem tho.. besides that I also check if they are not tested in animals and again is something else not easy to find on their tags.. :(

By: AdrienFr

AdrienFr — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:31:00 +0000

It’s nice to see these people believe everything and anything. You should found more informations about RSPO and their “controlled plantations”. Maybe Phil needs to study…just begin.

By: Frank Stanford

Frank Stanford — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Just for the record, palm kernel oil, while a saturated fat, is a medium chain triglyceride. MCT’s are actually healthy and help you lose weight by releasing fat from fat cells into the blood stream to be used as energy. The deforestation thing is another issue….not good.

By: Phil Graham

Phil Graham — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:05:00 +0000

There are a lot of serious enviro-issues about felling rainforest to grow palm oil. But to quote “As a member of the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil), Ferrero only uses palm oil which is extracted from controlled plantations in Malaysia.” Maybe the student needs to study a bit harder. Oh, and the palm oil in Nutella is reduced in saturated fats.

By: Joanne Pope

Joanne Pope — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:59:00 +0000

We will be trying your home made version of nutella soon so i will let you know how we fair. My 10 year old son loves Orangutans & has already given up eating his favourite biscuits. Its disappointing its in Nutella as well.

By: Sabine Yenen

Sabine Yenen — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:11:00 +0000

congrats

By: Liz Renner

Liz Renner — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:43:00 +0000

I listened with great interest to the story which aired last night on the East Coast of the U.S. However, I was disappointed that the story didn’t mention some important species affected by deforestation in Indonesia: orangutans, pygmy elephants, tigers, proboscis and macaque monkeys, etc. These species are unique and are being devastated by clear-cutting of forests for palm oil plantations.

By: 141285

141285 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:36:00 +0000

You can replace this syrup by an an other product like can sugar, honey etc.

By: 141285

141285 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:31:00 +0000

you can write me an e-mail at : vivresanshuiledepalme at laposte.net
:-)

By: 141285

141285 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:30:00 +0000

you can write me an e-mail at : vivresanshuiledepalme at laposte.net
:-)

By: Frodo7

Frodo7 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:24:00 +0000

Adrien Gontier, your desire to be Palm Oil free, is no doubt; wise. However; substituting Agave Syrup, is not wise at all. Agave Syrup is a very nasty substance, it turns out; sickeningly sweet though it be.
When you learn about it’s true nature, you will agree; and avoiding it yourself, you would never recommend it to anyone. Dear Adrien and everyone; please read this report:.
http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-foods/agave-nectar-worse-than-we-thought

By: ForGrammaAlice

ForGrammaAlice — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Great story and very important info. I am a French-to-English translator based in San Francisco and would gladly translate the guidebook he wrote, free of charge. Please let me know where I can find it. Merci!