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News > Orang-utans in the Soup
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How choosing the right vegetable stock can help save the orang-utan!
How can vegetable stock harm the environment?
Many of the products in our supermarkets, from margarine to biscuits,
and lipstick to candles, contain palm oil. Palm oil is used
extensively in the food industry. At first glance, this seems to
be a good thing because palm oil is stable when heated, doesn't raise
blood cholesterol, has a bland taste and is 15 times richer in
carotenoids than carrots. However, most palm oil comes from
Malaysia and Indonesia which are also the home of the orang-utan.
Already 90% of the orang-utan's habitat has been destroyed to
make way for palm oil plantations.
What can we do to help?
Most companies that use palm oil don't know its original source and so
have no idea whether or not they are contributing to the crisis.
One way that the concerned consumer can help is to choose
products that contain palm oil from a sustainable source. The
organic palm oil contained in A.Vogel Plantaforce comes from Columbia
and complies with all the recommendations for sustainable palm oil
production.
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