Palm oil accounts for two-thirds of internationally traded vegetable oils. Worldwide, over 54 million tonnes of palm oil were produced in 2013. It is used in a plethora of food and cleaning products. You’ll find it in peanut butter, ready-made pizzas and shampoos. It’s used because it’s cheap to produce and has a longer shelf-life than other oils. The downside to all this cheap oil is that millions of hectares of rainforest have been converted to palm oil plantations, posing a major threat to biodiversity.
In this article we explore the issues. It includes a pros and cons table, references and questions for discussion.
This is part of 'Big Picture: Fat' (www.bigpictureeducation.com/fat), published in December 2015.
In this article we explore the issues. It includes a pros and cons table, references and questions for discussion.
This is part of 'Big Picture: Fat' (www.bigpictureeducation.com/fat), published in December 2015.
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