Do your products contain palm oil?Updated a year ago
Palm oil is a complex environmental issue and we've made a point to provide as much detail on this as possible. In short, we can't guarantee our products are palm-oil free however we do insist on responsible sourcing.
We once proudly promoted our products as palm-oil free, however following lengthy discussions with our raw materials suppliers, we realised it was impractical and potentially unsustainable to truly provide assurance over the long term.
All of our ingredients can be derived from other non-palm sources such as coconuts, however availability of these alternatives has been impacted by COVID-19. If we cannot source our palm-free ingredient, our partners may source alternatives from other plants, sometimes palm. If this is the case, we will request RSPO Certified palm products that are sourced from responsible farms and plantations.
Our brand motto is "do the right thing" and we love that consumers try to avoid palm oil to decrease the rate of rainforest deforestation. But, we also believe there is a space for RSPO certified palm oil.
Palm oil has the highest yield (litres per acre) so switching to other oils (like Olive Oil or Coconut) may cause more deforestation as those other plants will require more room to produce to same amount of oil as palm. For example, olive oil requires 5x the land and coconut oil requires 3x.
Oil yield is especially important given palm oil is found in roughly 50% of all packaged products on supermarket shelves including shampoos, baking oil, chocolate, cosmetics, chips, cookies, margarine and soaps. If palm oil is boycotted, global demand for an oil is not going to go down, companies will need an alternative oil source, and this will result in more forest loss to plant these crops.
We believe RSPO Certified palm is a genuinely sustainable choice versus many alternatives, however our suppliers are still instructed to source coconut-derived alternatives when practical as it is generally a preferred choice from customers.