Many take pride in showing how they are home made and home ingredients, however so often when you actually check the ingredients label; Palm Oil.
In Padstow this week I was so pleased to see people making fudge by hand in Roly's using no palm oil, and milk from happy cows. There is no excuse for "Cornish" fudge companies to be using palm oil and yet they do. In fact I received a bag a while ago which claimed to be all organic and locally sourced ingredients, so I emailed asking where their local Palm Oil Plantation is - they weren't very happy.
Palm Oil Plantations are responsible for massive habitat loss as well as loss of species, including the Orangutan, Sumatran Tiger and Rhinoceros, and Asian Elephant. The percentage of palm oil which is "Certified" is increasing, however for these plantations to have been created in the first place was habitat destruction. Palm Oil has crept into so many of our every day products, from Rich Tea biscuits, to lipsticks and soaps. Thankfully companies have been being pushed into listing it in ingredients as Palm Oil rather than the ambiguous Vegetable Oil.
Please check the label next time you buy a product, 10p more is worth it when it comes to species becoming extinct. Buy Roly's Fudge here: https://rolysfudge.co.uk/
Help save the world, one bit at a time :)
All the best,
Bea x
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