How to avoid palm oil:
Palm oil is found in many everyday products, from toothpaste and shampoo, to cereal, chocolate and biscuits, and unfortunately it’s not always clearly labelled. To ensure that what you are buying does not contain palm oil, check ingredients lists for the following:
Vegetable Oil, Vegetable Fat, Palm Kernel, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Fruit Oil, Palmate, Palmitate, Palmolein, Glyceryl, Stearate, Stearic Acid, Elaeis Guineensis, Palmitic Acid, Palm Stearine, Palmitoyl Oxostearamide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-3, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Kernelate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate, Hyrated Palm Glycerides, Etyl Palmitate, Octyl Palmitate, Palmityl Alcohol.
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Why then has Iceland’s TV advert been banned?
The animated film, voiced by Emma Thompson, was originally created and shared by Greenpeace. It is because of this association with Greenpeace that Clearcast banned the advert, as it is deemed to support a body whose objects are of a political nature.
The supermarket said on its Twitter channel that “The advert wasn’t approved by advertising regulators as it was seen to be in support of a political issue. The production and widespread usage of palm oil is a complex and sometimes controversial matter. However, it was never Iceland’s intention to use its Christmas advert to support a political campaign – rather to raise awareness and solidify our position on not using palm oil in food production.”