Hi all, first time posting.
What is everyone’s thought on palm oil, I’ve been told that sustainable palm oil isn’t 100% the answer as there’s no real verification to check that it’s sustainable even when it’s “certified”. It’s really limiting when looking in the shops and everything has plan oil in or they use palm oil as a substitution for butter in confectioneries. If you like a butter margarine alterative they all have palm oil in due to it’s unique properties. Overall I’ve boycotted most products with palm oil in with to exception of my spread/butter alternative.
I know this is the veganism sub and not to sustainability one but I’m interesting in how many of you decide to make a conscious decision about palm oil consumption. Have anyone you fully boycotted all types of palm oil?
Sunflower oil, peanut oil and grapeseed oil are apparently better alternatives, which have slowly become forgotten with the proliferation of canola oil.
Also, the strange thing is that palm oil is found in processed food, but not as “standalone” oil (I’m thinking that people would boycott it anyway). However, it’s harder to avoid food that already has palm oil thrown into the mix.
It’s appalling that environmental campaigns against palm oil have shown close to no effect to the industry.
I think people in the US just aren’t used to cooking with palm oil, especially unrefined palm oil (red palm oil). It has a taste and texture that isn’t really replicated by anything else.