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Ep 6 Palm Oil: It's Aping Us Crazy

May 13, 2019 Ashna and Lydia Season 1 Episode 6
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Ep 6 Palm Oil: It's Aping Us Crazy
Show Notes

In this episode, we address the issue of 'palm oil'. As a controversial ingredient, we want to understand where it comes from, what it is used for, what products contain it and exactly why it's got a bad reputation. Palm oil makes up 35% of the vegetable oil market, but what about it is actually bad, and can we do anything about it?

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Links to some of the organisations and resources we mentioned in the episode:

  • Act for Wildlife: The Palm Oil Challenge (a short video explaining palm oil in a really simple way) - https://youtu.be/K6KOQjimVjA
  • WWF Palm Oil Score Card (to view where your favourite brands rank) - http://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/ 
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (aims to transform markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm) - https://rspo.org/