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“Approximately 50% of products on supermarket shelves contain palm oil What’s more, Easter-related products are a haven for sneaky palm oil.”

Easter is a time of both growth and reflection. The rabbit we all now associate with Easter represents renewal and birth. This serves as a metaphor for the Christian celebration of Easter where it is reported that Jesus was resurrected and brought back to life after his crucifixion.

But what about Easter Eggs and Easter Chocolate?

The supermarkets become flooded with a colourful array of chocolates and chocolate eggs leading up to Easter. Unfortunately most of these chocolates contain palm oil that can be often be directly linked back to the destruction of rainforests and habitat for the Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia.

We encourage you to always be aware of the ingredients in the products you buy and their impact on the earth and its wildlife. So, for Easter, we have complied a list of chocolates and chocolate eggs we consider meet the ethical standard for palm oil and the protection of critically endangered orangutans. See our pick of the chocolates we recommend here.

Palm Oil can be listed in hundreds of different ways as an ingredient in products. Click here to view the (ever growing) list.

100% Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) is produced in a way that helps protect the last remaining habitat for wildlife and preserves the livelihoods of producers. By buying from companies using either CSPO or sustainable alternatives to palm oil, you can enjoy some wildlife-friendly, guilt-free chocolates.

The key is to know how to identify palm oil in a product and if it does contain palm oil, but has no reference to being certified 100% segregated, or 100% identity preserved, then think about choosing another product.

With credit to Zoos Victoria, we’ve selected eight Easter chocolate products we support. While some still contain palm oil, that palm oil is certified sustainable by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). While RSPO certification is by no means perfect, it is a step in the right direction and is proactive in advocating for and lobbying for proper measures to make all palm oil producers accountable.

What Chocolates do we recommend for Easter?

 

A to Z alternative names for palm oil

Palm oil has a way of being masked within the vast supply chains of our food and cosmetics industries. From the plantation to the supermarket shelf there could be multiple complex stages of production to the original palm kernel or palm oil that results in the ingredient not necessarily having to be listed as ‘palm oil’.

Below are alternative names that palm oil could be listed under, care of Orangutan Alliance:

A

ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (472A/E472A)

ALUMINIUM STEARATE

ALUMINIUM, CALCIUM, SODIUM, MAGNESIUM SALTS

OF FATTY ACIDS (470/E470A; E470B)

AMMONIUM LAURETH SULPHATE

AMMONIUM LAURYL SULPHATE

ARACHAMIDE MEA

ASCORBYL PALMITATE

ASCORBYL PALMITATE (304)

AZELAIC ACID


B

BUTYL STEARATE


C

CALCIUM LACTYLATE

CALCIUM OLEYL LACTYLATE

CALCIUM STEARATE

CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE (482/E482)

CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE

CAPRYLIC ACID

CAPRYLIC TRIGLYCERIDE

CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE

CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC/STEARIC TRIGLYCERIDE

CAPRYLOYL GLYCINE

CAPRYLYL GLYCOL

CETEARETH (2-100)

CETEARYL ALCOHOL

CETEARYL ETHYLHEXANOTE

BUTTER SUBSTITUTE (CBS)

CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE

CETEARYL ISONONANOATE

CETETH-20

CETETH-24

CETYL ACETATE

CETYL ALCOHOL

CETYL ETHYLHEXANOATE

CETYL HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE

CETYL LACTATE

CETYL OCTANOATE

CETYL PALMITATE

CETYL RICINOLEATE

CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (472C/E472C)

COCOA BUTTER EQUIVALENT (CBE)

COCOA


D

DECYL OLEATE

DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (472E/E472E)

DILINOLEIC ACID

DISODIUM LAURYL SULFOSUCCINATE

DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDE PALM


E

ELAEIS GUINEENSIS OIL

EMULSIER 422, 430-36, 470-8, 481-483, 493-5

EPOXIDIZED PALM OIL (UV CURED COATINGS)

ETHYL LAUROYL ARGINATE (243)

ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE

ETHYLHEXYL HYDROXYSTEARATE

ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE

ETHYLHEXYL STEARATE

ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN

.


F

FATTY ALCOHOL SULPHATES

.


G

GLYCERIN

GLYCERIN OR GLYCEROL (442)

GLYCERYL DISTEARATE

GLYCERYL LAURATE

GLYCERYL MONOSTEARATE

GLYCERYL MYRISTATE

GLYCERYL OLEATE

GLYCERYL POLYMETHACRYLATE

GLYCERYL STEARATE

GLYCERYL STEARATE SE

GLYCOL DISTEARATE

GLYCOL STEARATE

GUINEESIS (PALM)

.


H

HEXADECYLIC

HEXYL LAURATE

HEXYLDECANOL

HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES

ISOPROPYL ISOSTEARATE


I

ISOPROPYL PALMITATE

ISOPROPYL TITANIUM TRIISOSTEARATE

ISOSTEARAMIDE DEA

ISOSTEARATE DEA

ISOSTEARIC ACID

ISOSTEARIC ACID

ISOSTEARYL ALCOHOL


L

LACTIC AND FATTY ACID EASTERS OF GLYCEROL (472B/E472B)

LAURAMIDE DEA

LAURAMIDE MEA

LAURAMINE OXIDE

LAURETH

LAURIC ACID LAUROYL SARCOSINE

LAURYL BETAINE

LAURYL LACTATE

LAURYL GLUCOSIDE (FROM PALM)

LAURYL PYRROLIDONE

LINOLEIC ACID


M

MAGNESIUM MYRISTATE

MAGNESIUM STEARATE

MIXED TARTARIC, ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (472F/E472F )

MONO-AND- DI-GLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS (471/E471)

MYRISTATE

MYRISTIC ACID

MYRISTIC CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE ACID

MYRISTOYL

MYRISTYL ALCOHOL

MYRISTYL MYRISTATE

MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES (MCTs)


O

OCTYL PALMITATE

OCTYL STEARATE

OCTYLDODECYL MYRISTATE

OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE

OLEAMIDE MIPA

OLEIC ACID

OLEYL BETAINE


P

PALM FRUIT OIL

PALM KERNEL OIL

PALM OIL

PALM OLEIN

PALM STEARINE

PALMATE

PALMITATE

PALMITIC ACID

PALMITAMIDOPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE

PALMITOYL MYRISTYL SERINATE

PALMITOYL OXOSTEARAMIDE

PALMITOYL OLIGOPEPTIDE

PALMITOYL TETRAPEPTIDE-3

PEG-100 STEARATE

PALMITYL ALCOHOL


R

RETINYL PALMITATE

RED PALM OIL


S

SAPONIFIED ELAEIS GUINEENSIS

SATURATED FATTY ACID

SLEARETH

SLES

SLS

SODIUM ALKYL SULFATE

SODIUM CETEARYL SULPHATE

SODIUM COCOYL GLYCINATE

SODIUM COCOYL ISETHIONATE

SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE

SODIUM DODECYL SuLPHATE (SDS OR NaDS)

SODIUM ISOSTEAROYL LACTYLAYE

SODIUM LACTYLATE; SODIUM OLEYL LACTYLATE; SODIUM

STEAROYL LACTYLATE

SODIUM LAURATE

SODIUM LAUREL

SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE

SODIUM LAURETH 1 SULPHATE

SODIUM LAURETH 2 SULPHATE

SODIUM LAURETH 3 SULPHATE

SODIUM LAURETH-13 CARBOXYLATE

SODIUM LAUROYL LACTYLATE

SODIUM LAURYL

SODIUM LAURYL ETHER SULPHATE

SODIUM LAURYL GLUCOSE CARBOXYLATE

SODIUM LAURYL LACTYLATE/SULPHATE

SODIUM LAURYL SULFOACETATE

SODIUM LAUROYL SARCOSINATE

SODIUM METHYL COCOYL TAURATE

SODIUM MYRISTATE

SODIUM PALM KERNELATE

SODIUM PLAM KERNELOYL ISETHIONATE

SODIUM PLAMATE

SODIUM PLAMITATE

SODIUM POLYARTLSULFONATE

SODIUM STEARATE

SODIUM STEAROYL FUMARATE

SODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE

SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE

SODIUM TRIDECETH SULPHATE

SOLUBILISER PS20

SORBITAN CAPRYLATE

SORBITAN COCOATE

SORBITAN DIISOSTEARATE

SORBITAN DISTEARATE

SORBITAN ESTER

SORBITAN ISOTEARATE

SORBITAN LAURATE

SORBITAN MONOGLYCERIDE

SORBITAN MONOLAURATE

SORBITAN MONOPALMITATE

SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE (491)

SORBITAN OLEATE

SORBITAN OLIVATE

SORBITAN PALMITATE

SORBITAN SESQUIOLEATE

SORBITAN TRIOLEATE

SORBITAN TRISTEARATE

SORBITAN TRISTEARATE (492)

SORBITAN TRIGLYCERIDE

STEARALKONIUM CHLORIDE

STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE

STEARAMIDE MEA

STEARAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHYLAMINE

STEARETH-2

STEARETH-7

STEARETH-10

STEARETH-20

STEARETH-21

STEARIC ACID

STEARIC ACID OR FATTY ACID (570)

STEAROYL SARCOSINE

STEARYL ALCOHOL

STEARYL DIMETHICONE

STEARYL HEPTANOATE

STEARYL TARTARATE

STEARYLTRIMETYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE

STEAROYL LACTIC ACID

STEAROYL SARCOSINE

STEARTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE

SUCCINYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES

SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

SUCROSE STEARATE

SUCROSEESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

SULPHONATED METHYL ESTERS

SURFACTANT CCG


T

 

TAXANOMIC

TEA-LAURYL SULPHATE

TEA-STEARATE

TETRADECYLOCTADECYL MYRISTATE

TMP ESTERS

TOCOTRIENOLS (VITAMIN E)

TOCOPHEROLS (VITAMIN E)

TOCOPHERYL LINOLEAT

TRIACETIN

TRIACETIN (1518)

TRIBEHENIN

TRICAPRYLIN

TRIDECYL MYRISTATE

TRISTEARIN


V

VEG-EMULSE

VEGETABLE EMULSIFIER

VEGETABLE GLYCERIN

VEGETABLE OIL

VITAMIN A PALMITATE


Y

YEAST WITH 491

YEAST POWDER with 491


Z

ZINC IDNE LAURETH

ZINC MYRISTATE

ZINC STEARATE