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If you can avoid Nutella, you can avoid palm oil (it was tough for our family but we just don't buy it). Palm oil (and it's derivatives like palm fruit oil, or

• rexreed 5y ago
  Nutella is the least of your issues. "Palm oil is the most consumed vegetable oil on the planet." "The food industry is responsible for 72% world wide usage of palm oil. Cosmetics and cleaning products are responsible for a further 18% usage whilst 10% globally is used for biofuels and animal feed. In food, it's the fat ingredient in things like biscuits and margarine. In soap and cosmetics, it’s used as a fat to increase the thickness or viscosity of a product and it helps skin to retain moisture. Palm oil and its derivatives is often masked under 200 different names in ingredients lists. More obviously it may be listed as palm kernel, palmitic acid or even simply as vegetable oil. As of 2014, in the EU, food ingredient lists must list which type of vegetable oil they contain." From: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/palm-oil-what-it-used https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/palm-oil-what-it-... There are alternatives to Nutella that don't use palm oil, so you don't have to be tough on your family. But note that even if Nutella disappeared tomorrow, it wouldn't make a dent on palm oil consumption. Also, if you believe what Nutella has to say about their use of Palm Oil, you don't have to feel bad for consuming it: https://www.nutella.com/int/en/inside-nutella/sustainability/palm-oil https://www.nutella.com/int/en/inside-nutella/sustainability...