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Wrong. The biggest consumers of Palm Oil are China and India, and the main driving factor is price. Palm oil is cheap. It has nothing to do with the FDA's posit
by guelo 11y ago
Wrong. The biggest consumers of Palm Oil are China and India, and the main driving factor is price. Palm oil is cheap. It has nothing to do with the FDA's position on trans fat.
- aidenn0 11y agoIs it cheaper than rapeseed or soy? I know corn oil in the US is cheap, but it's also heavily subsidized.
- guelo 11y agoYes. http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=palm-oil&commodity=soybean-oil http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=palm-oil&co... http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=palm-oil&commodity=rapeseed-oil http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=palm-oil&co...
- nostromo 11y agoYou're reading an American-centricity into my comment that wasn't there. The fact remains that palm oil consumption is growing world-wide, in no small part as a replacement for trans-fats. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7157/full/448993a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7157/full/448993a... http://news.mongabay.com/2015/06/fda-bans-artificial-trans-fats-paving-way-for-more-u-s-palm-oil-consumption http://news.mongabay.com/2015/06/fda-bans-artificial-trans-f...
- mikeyouse 11y agoMuch of the palm oil crop is used as surfactants in the cleaning industry too... Some of the biggest users are the multinational cleaning conglomerates (P&G, Kao Corp., J&J, Unilever). The problem extends far beyond replacing trans fats.
- guelo 11y agoYour links do not support your assertion that palm oil consumption has anything to do with trans fat replacement. The graph on the Mongobay site shows US Palm oil imports growing years before trans fat concerns became widespread.