Sustainable Palm Oil Shopping Guide For Students What’s the Problem? Supermarket Own Brand Palm oil is in over 50% of EU supermarket These supermarkets were rated as either products. However, only 19% of all palm oil ‘leading the way’ (dark green), ‘well on the is currently produced sustainably, meaning path’ (light green), or ‘middle of the pack’ issues like deforestation, biodiversity loss, (yellow), in WWF’s Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard. human rights abuses, and land degradation are This means that whilst the following companies commonly associated with its use. use sustainable palm oil, those with better ratings are using a higher percentage of Why Support Sustainable? segregated/identity preserved palm oil (the most sustainable type of palm oil). Palm oil is the highest yielding oilseed crop, producing up to 9 times the amount of other Aldi ( and non-food) vegetable oils. Boycotting palm oil would only displace and intensify the problem, and COOP (food and non-food) therefore we need YOU to use your purchasing Lidl (food and non-food) power to support sustainable palm oil! Through buying only products that contain RSPO Marks and Spencer’s (food and non-food) certified sustainable palm oil, you can be sure Morrisons (food and non-food) that primary areas of rainforest (and species) Suma are protected, and that workers get a fair price (food and non-food) for their product!

This list is by no means exclusive, but rather contains a selection of student budget friendly brands, including those already using 100% certified sustainable palm oil, and those that have made a commitment to do so. Baking

Ambrosia Angel Delight Be-Ro Birds Lyons Marshfield Farm McDouglas Bread

Allinson’s Burgen Hovis Kingsmill Warburtons Cereals

Alpen Biona Kallo Kellogg’s Jordans Mornflake Nestle Ready Brek Weetabix Whole Earth Dairy & Spreads

Actimel Whole Earth Activia Willow Alpro Yeo Valley Biona Clover Danone Nestle Flora Nutella Oatly Philadelphia Pure Free From Silk Skippy Tofutti Utterly Butterly Vitalite Meat, Fish and Substitutes

Birds Eye Cauldron Fry’s Linda McCartney’s Patchwork Pate Quorn Walkers (Deli & Sausage) Youngs Pizzas, Pies &

Ginsters Hollands West Co Pieminister Rice, Grains, Pasta & Noodles

Batchelors Tasty Bite Uncle Bens Sauces, Stock & Seasoning

Aaah! Bisto Atora Blue Dragon Fry Light Homepride Kallo Loyd Grossman Marigold Health Foods Meridian Oxo Paxo Saxa Sharwoods Seeds of Change Savoury Snacks & Sides

Aunt Bessie’s Burtons Fish N Chips Kallo McCain Nairns Peckish Ritz Stockans Tyrrells Sweet Snacks

9Nine Goodness knows Aero Green & Blacks After Eight Haribo Against the Grain Hershey’s Barratt Jammie Dodgers Bear Fruit Rolls Belvita Kinder Biona KitKat Krispy Kreme Cadbury (Cakes Lazy Day (Free Only) From) Celebrations Lindt Dip-dab Lion Doves Farm (GF) Lotus Ferrero Rocher Lyons Fox’s M&M’s Ma Baker Sweet Snacks (Continued)

Malteasers Schar (GF) Maryland Smarties McVities Milkybar Soreen Milkyway Moo Free (Free Thorntons From) Toffee Crisp Toffifee Mrs Crimbles (GF) Munchies Tracker Nairns Traidcraft Nakd Trek Oreo Tunnocks Organica Quality Street Urban Fruit Reese’s Wagon Wheels Cleaning Products (All cruelty free)

BioD Ecoleaf Ecover* Method*

*= parent company tests on animals Cosmetics (All cruelty free)

Alba Botanica Soft and Gentle Avalon Organics Sukin Bentley Organic Superdrug* The Body Shop Traidcraft Boots Urban Decay* Bulldog ( see also Faith in Nature supermarkets ) Jason Kingfisher Lavera Natracare Neals Yard NYX*

*= parent company tests on animals Other Resources

Chester Zoo Sustainable Palm Oil Shopping List

WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard

Ethical Superstore

Giki App

Follow @RSPOnly

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