Prominent consumer brands such as Nestle and Procter & Gamble are facing scrutiny after a report accused their supply chains ...

Although palm oil has shown tremendous economic growth for decades, it has been a favourite child of controversy as well. This is because of two reasons: its saturated fat content results in heart ...

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Found in everything from chocolate to shampoo, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet. Yet this extremely common ingredient is wreaking havoc on the planet, causing ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

The Canadian butter controversy comes amid a rise in demand ... their animal nutritionist to identify alternatives". Adding palm oil-based energy supplements to cow feed is a decades-old practice ...

Palm oil is commonly used in food production and ... because it takes a while for the oil to disperse.” There has been controversy surrounding the delayed response in the reporting of the ...