Palm by products mainly principal use is in the manufacture of quality soaps, animal feed. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp reddish pulp of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the african oil palm elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the american oil palm elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm attalea maripa. Executive summary palm oil and palm based ingredients are found in approximately 50% of common consumer products. Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, found in many packaged products sold in the supermarket. The supply chain of the palm oil industry in malaysia 4. While palm oil is the most efficient source of vegetable oil, its rapid expansion threatens some of the. Its a crucial commodity, but growing palm oil can lead to devastating deforestation and harm to wildlife, people and the climate. Palm oil can be easily combined with oils that have a high content of unsaturated fats e. Helping you buy responsibly palm oil free alternatives borneo orangutan survival bos australia au po box 3916, mosman, nsw 2088 australia 02 9011 5455 abn 46 485 375 414 the following list is not all inclusive and there may well be other products in the categories covered which are palm oil free if. Unlike fresh palm oil, oxidized palm oil induces an adverse lipid profile, reproductive toxicity and toxicity of the kidney, lung, liver, and heart. Snacks, cookies, candy bars and potato chips are common examples. Although demand for indonesian palm oil based biofuel has dropped precipitiously in recent years, demand for palm oil remains strong. It is found in one out of 10 food products worldwide as it can be used without or only minimal modification. In malaysia, oil palm plantations have been the primary cause of.
We are one of the only global suppliers of organic and fully identitypreserved palm oil products. An overview of palm oil 3 global palm oil conference, bogota, march 12, 2015 section i vegetable oils the food and agriculture organisation fao defines oil crops as those from which oils and fats are extracted for use for human food products. Determination of quality parameters of crude palm oil. Growth and production of oil palm willy verheye, national science foundation flanders and geography department, university of gent, belgium keywords. Oil palm fronds opf, oil palm trunks opt, palm press fiber ppf, palm kernel cake pkc and palm oil mill effluent pome are the main by products from the oil palm industry which can be used as ingredients for livestock feeding. Palm oil is found in a huge number of products lining the shelves of grocery stores. An investor brief on impacts palm oil engage the chain. The perkinelmer frontier ftir system demonstrates good accuracy in determining % ffa, moisture %, and iv of cpo and can. Palm oil production is important to the economy of indonesia as the country is the worlds biggest producer and consumer of the commodity, providing about half of the worlds supply. Some people are even beginning to boycotting products that contain palm oil all together. In indonesia, the adoption of a nationwide b30 biodiesel blending mandate last month will boost domestic.
Where possible the signatories have also tried to give a summary of. This is a good start, but membership of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil. Palm oil and its derivatives otherwise known as fractions of the oil are used in the manufacture of prepackaged food, cosmetics, cleaning products, hair care, soaps and personal care items. Palm oil is the worlds most popular vegetable oil, used in about half of the products on supermarket shelves. Increasing consumption in oleo chemicals production of agrochemicals and cleaning products is expected to boost market growth over the forecast period. Growth and production of oil palm ghent university. Palm oil production has the highest oil yield per hectare and provides a. Outward investments in downstream products in major consuming markets, such as the peoples republic of china, the eu, india, pakistan, iran and west asia, will continue to be encouraged.
Carrefour is promoting sustainable palm oil and helping to break the link between deforestation, and human, land and labor rights violations, and. Sep 19, 2018 the photographs tell the story, and they are devastating, as this industry is devastating to the rain forests. Overall commitment carrefour works with its suppliers. How to avoid products with palm oil including your. Smallholders hold more than 40% of the land planted with oil palm and are now responsible for a significant share of fruit supply in mainstream oil palm supply chains, and this share is growing. Crude palm oil cpo emerged as a prominent segment of the palm oil market in 2019 accounting for 58. Palm by products is obtained as a byproduct or distillate during the palm oil refining process. Many of the organizations working on the palm oil project do not want you to necessarily boycott these products, but rather make these companies aware of the dangers palm oil presents. Palm oil exports constrained by lower exportable supplies. Today palm oil is also being widely considered as being an alternative to the natural fossil fuels that are rapidly running out, primarily being used as a form of biofuel in the transport industry.
Crude palm oil cpo is obtained from the fibrous mesocarp reddish pulp of palm fruit. In total, about 90 million mt of renewable biomass trunks, fronds, shells, palm press. Vegetable oil vegetable fat sodium laureth sulfate in. Most 96% of palm oil production occurs on the island. Palm oil is found in absolutely everything from food and household products, to makeup and other cosmetics. The local impacts of oil palm expansion in malaysia. Palm oil market size, share industry analysis report. Growth in global palm oil exports is forecast to slow to 2. Palm oil is used in around 50% of products consumers purchase and use on a daily basis. Do not buy products containing palm oil for example, by referring to this list of palmoil free products, but make sure that your boycott sends a clear message by letting. Oil palm plantations stretch across 12 million hectares, and is projected to reach million by 2020. In its fresh form, palm oil has many health attributes. Information was elicited through interviews and physical observations.
Production of crude palm oil cpo and palm kernel 20 3. It takes moral courage to have achieved, and to continue to aspire to, the amalgamation of profitability and sustainability. This triggered an outcry from the environmental sector. You might not cook with it, but you almost certainly eat or use palm oil. Palm oil is expected to make up 3446 % of vegetable supply 20102020f 94. To help you minimise your impact, here is a list of palm oil free products for everyday life the ones to take out of your shopping basket, and the ones you should leave in. But palm oil is also found in beauty products such as lipsticks, shampoo and soap.
It is the largest natural source of tocotrienol which is the most potent form of vitamin e 4, which act as antioxidants 5, strengthen. In the mb model, the marketing of rspocertified palm oil products is controlled. The report demonstrates that this is indeed highly possible. Implications for economic growth and social and environmental sustainability. While palm oil is the most efficient source of vegetable oil, its rapid expansion threatens some of the planets most important and sensitive habitats. So how can we avoid products with palm oil altogether. Palm oil can be found in one out of every ten food products worldwide.
We cannot stop the world consuming millions of tons of edible products as well as soap, detergent, cosmetics, toiletry products, pharmaceuticals and a whole host of industrial products even including lubrication oil. Palm oil is also a flexible oil with a range of unique characteristics. Palm oil is a major food and nonfood ingredient consumed by virtually everyone in nigeria through the use of palm oil related products. How to avoid products with palm oil green global travel. The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in southeast asia. There is even evidence in egyptian tombs of people being buried with casks of palm oil, reflecting the high societal value attributed to the product. With no company getting the top score of 22, and only one company achieving over 20 points, the new palm oil buyers scorecard reveals that there is still significant room for improvement for most companies to prove they have removed deforestation and conversion from their palm oil supply chains.
Also, finding segregated or identity preserved certified palm products of any type is harder than finding the same product from mass balance cspo, or using the. Kumpulan sime darby, founded in 1910 by british businessmen william sime and henry darby, and grew into a diversified multinational. Ii growth and production of oil palm willy verheye encyclopedia of life support systemseolss of trees appearing to be oil palms as early as 1434. A high percentage of the products on sale in the supermarkets use palm oil in their formulation. Evolution of the real uptake of certified palm oil put on the market. Ecological impacts of palm oil expansion in indonesia given that global land area for agriculture is limited tilman et al.
Indeed the productivity factor of palm oil is higher than other crops but the factor used in the formula to determine iluc is calculated based on the energycontentoftraded products of different annual crops such as soy, rape seed and sunflower compared to palm oil. Palm oil is an indispensible part of our daily lives. Call on your political representatives to advocate the mandatory labeling of palm oil. Many cleaning products also contain palm oilderived surfactants, which. Poram members are involved in the refining and downstream processing of palm oil, palm kernel oil and other vegetable oils. From margarine to lipstick, biscuits to candles, chocolate to laundry detergent, palm oil is found in an incredible range of everyday household products. About 80% of malaysian palm oil goes into food uses. General uses of palm oil kernel oil and their fractions in food, nutritional and oleochemical products are discussed as well as the potential use of palm oil as an alternative to trans fats. Much of the controversy is about clearing natural forests and peatlands to make way for oil palm plantations, which has generated widespread negative publicity. The great palm oil scandal amnesty international usa. Such as in the manufacturing of candles, cosmetics, toiletries and pharmaceutical products.
Its popularity has spurred the rapid and uncontrolled expansion of palm oil plantations across the forests of indonesia and malaysia and, increasingly, the jungles of africa and latin america. Global palm oil imports right axis and imports by top importing countries left axis palm oil has a variety of uses in food, animal feed, oleochemicals, and other products. This malaysian standard is the second revision of ms 814, specification for palm oil which was published in 1983 and amended in 1984 and 1994. Its production has increased over the decades, reaching 56 million tons in 20, and it gives the highest yields per hectare of all oil crops. Its popularity has spurred the rapid and uncontrolled expansion of palm oil plantations across the forests of indonesia and. An important feature of oil palm is its high yield per unit area.
Currently, there are more than three million hectares of oil palm plantations lim 2000. Daabon group is a member of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil and a certified grower. Introduction palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world, and, as the global population increases to 9 billion by 2050, it is well positioned to remain a crucial part of the food production process. Its popularity has spurred the rapid and uncontrolled expansion of palm oil plantations across the forests of indonesia. Palm oil is the most versatile of 17 major oils traded in the global edible oils and fats market. It starts with taking time to study the labels and try to stop buying the aforementioned products. Today, around 50 percent of the goods we use every day contain palm oil, from processed foods to candles, grooming products and biofuels. Nearly all australian manufacturers contacted informed us that where products did contain palm oil, it was from sustainable sources. Overall commitment carrefour is committed to ensure that carrefour brand products containing palm oil do not contribute to deforestation by 2020. In tropical environments, it grows easily and is more efficient than soy, canola, and other plants. Smallscale palm oil processing business in nigeria. Ecological impacts of palm oil expansion in indonesia. Finding palm oil free products for the average consumer is an absolute nightmare.
Traditional applications food uses palm oil and palm kernel oil is used wholly. Palm oil and palm kernel oil usage in chemical derivatives supply chains about 0. Progress statements from signatories to the statement on sustainable palm oil. Asa 2151842016 amnesty international november 2016 4 1.
Palm oil is the most environmentally damaging ingredients on the market today. And this is why i proudly welcome profitability and sustainability in palm oil production. Remarkably, oil palm has remained profitable through periods of low prices. The palm oil global value chain center for international. Palm oil is produced from the fruit pulp of the oil palm tree elaeis guineensis. Oil palm business models are defined as the oil palm production system, including the producers, the milling units, the relations between industries and producers, and the intermediate actors if any. Pdf health and nutritional properties of palm oil and its. Deforestation education products that contain palm oil. Were not suggesting you should go cold turkey on all your favorite snacks. This study investigates the feasibility of smallscale palm oil processing in nigeria, using elele, rivers state as case study. The great palm oil scandal labour abuses behind big brand names under strict embargo until 00.
Benin palm oil is an ancient staple in west africa, and its origins are artisanal rather than industrial. Fair companycommunity partnerships in palm oil development. In order to face both, environmental and social risks of upstream cultivationoil palm in indonesia, in recent years, numerous palm oil certification schemes and roundtables austin et al. I will make even more efforts to boycott all products with palm oil. International policy and market drivers of indonesian palm. In 1508 already reference has been made to palm groves in liberia, and to palm oil trade near the forcados river in nigeria. But is sustainable palm oil purveyed by the rspo for example actually sustainable and actually to be trusted. Oil palm is one of the potential tree crops grown in thailand and oil palm bunches can be used as raw material in the process of palm oil production as a form of safe edible vegetable oil used in many food and nonfood products. Companies need to develop their own palm oil purchasing policy that requires their suppliers to provide them with truly responsible palm oil. In the nature, the seeds have a relative dormancy leading to very long germination process 1 to 3.
The local impacts of oil palm expansion in malaysia an assessment based on a case study in sabah state awang ali bema dayang norwana world wide fund for nature wwfmalaysia. Companies cannot just make commitments to buy palm oil from rspo members or only use rspo certified palm oil and consider the problem solved. In benin most palm oil is still produced by women for domestic use. This tree is native to the area of west africa near the gulf of guinea, which is where its scientific name comes from. Rspo annual communications of progress 2016 consumer goods manufacturers form 2. The global demand for palm oil is driving the fires in. Oil palm production is a major agricultural industry in malaysia. Growth and production of oil palm encyclopedia of life. Progress statements from signatories to the statement on sustainable palm oil sectors were asked to report on key developments and successes from their sector organisations since december 2015, alongside an overview of progress made since october 2012. A few of the thousands of products with palm oil how to avoid products with palm oil. There are three basic varieties of oil palm the dura type, pisifera and tenera type.
However, a considerable amount of the commonly used palm oil is in the oxidized state, which poses potential dangers to the biochemical and physiological functions of the body. One significant use is in biodiesel and renewable diesel production, which can replace diesel fuel in transport and other industries. Our refinery, soap factory and oil terminal is rspo sccs certified supply chain. Some attention is also given to palm biomass, bioenergy, biofuels, waste management, and sustainability. The economic benefits of palm oil in papua new guinea. Pdf this paper outlines the utilisation of byproducts resulting from the extraction and refining of palm oil. Production of palm oil in indonesia has, since 1964, recorded a phenomenal increase from 157,000 tonnes to 41. Agrochemicals, estate, fresh fruit bunch, industrial plantations, land clearing, land management, oil palm, palm kernels, palm oil, pests. The use of palm oil in food products has attracted the concern of environmental. Palm oil products range of palm oil products exported oleochemicals oleic acid palmitic acids glycerine lauric acid stearic acid palm kernel methylester capryiiccapric acid split palm stearin fatty acid methylester methylester residue myristic acid triple stearic acid fatty acid lic ca ric acid b palm stearin fatty acid split palm fatty acid. Pdf byproducts of palm oil extraction and refining researchgate. Jan 01, 2014 the oil palm elaeis guineensis originated from west africa, where evidence of its use as a staple food crop dates as far back as 5,000 years. Pdf palm oil elaeis guineensis is the worlds largest edible oil in terms of. Profitability and sustainability in palm oil production.