Why do biscuits use palm oil?

Why palm oil? The almost 50-50 composition of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in palm oil makes it a good substitute for butter. In other words, it is suitable for confectionery manufacturing without the need for hydrogenation (which converts vegetable oil from a liquid to a semi-solid or solid fat).

What would be an alternative to using so much palm oil?

There are such great alternatives available today that one needn’t wholly depend on palm oil for nutrition. You can choose from alternatives like sunflower oil, coconut oil, and black seed oil.

Which biscuits use sustainable palm oil?

Biscuits containing sustainable palm oil

• Against the Grain, use organic palm oil.
• Doves Farm, use organic palm oil.
• Waitrose, RSPO certified.
• Traidcraft, use FairPalm (its own fairly traded palm oil)
• Bahlsen, RSPO certified.
• Walkers, RSPO certified.
• M&S, RSPO certified.
• Waitrose, RSPO certified.

Is there an alternative to using palm oil that is sustainable?

“While they may be able to play a role in replacing palm oil, large-scale replacement with alternative crop oils such as sunflower, rapeseed or exotic oils like coconut oil and shea butter presents significant sustainability and technical challenges.

Why is palm oil bad for the environment?

The $40 billion palm oil industry is notorious for wiping out rainforests, displacing indigenous peoples, spewing carbon into the atmosphere and driving the orangutan and other animals toward extinction. No other crop can yield even a third as much oil per acre planted.

Why is palm oil used so much?

The reason for this is because it’s a low-cost resource and an incredibly efficient crop. A lot more palm oil can be produced per area of land when compared to other oil crops like soybean or coconut, and it requires less pesticides and fertilisers.

Do Fox’s Biscuits use sustainable palm oil?

Fox’s biscuits, Jammie Dodgers, Maryland cookies, Nairns, Lotus and Wagon Wheels are all using sustainably sauced palm oil.

Why do companies use palm oil in their products?

It’s used so extensively because of its numerous benefits: cheap production, long shelf life and its efficient to produce in terms of land use. All in all, companies can use palm oil to produce competitively priced products. This has caused an enormous spike in demand for palm oil.

Why should we not use palm oil?

Palm oil is bad for health. It is very high in saturated fat causing heart disease, liver dysfunction, obesity and type 2 diabetes. Also, burning rainforest not only causes greenhouse gas emissions but fills the air with dense smoke, causing respiratory problems.