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  • iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil in Philippines
  • iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil in Philippines
  • iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil in Philippines
  • iceland removed own label from 17 products rather than palm oil in Philippines

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  • Does Iceland still use palm oil?
  • Iceland Palm Oil: Store Removes Its Name From Packaging Rather Than Actual Palm Oil. The supermarket pledged to stop using the ingredient in its own brand food by the end of 2018. Iceland has removed its name from some of its own-brand palm oil products, rather than removing palm oil itself, in a bid to meet a pledge it made last April.
  • Why did Iceland remove palm oil from its products?
  • In light of this article Iceland admitted that it had encountered some difficulties removing palm oil from all of its own-brand products, stating that in order to meet its 2018 palm oil commitment, it had removed its branding from 17 products which still contained palm oil.
  • Is Iceland still selling own-label palm oil?
  • It added it was important for companies "to be transparent about the ethical problems they are facing". On Wednesday, the BBC revealed Iceland was still selling own-label palm oil products, despite promising to stop doing so by the end of 2018.
  • Why did supermarkets remove their branding from palm oil products?
  • The supermarket confirmed to HuffPost UK it has temporarily removed its branding from 17 products containing palm oil to meet its commitment to make its own brand range 100% palm oil free by the end of 2018. It said it did not want to “mislead customers”.
  • Could palm oil be a last resort?
  • A decision to not use a limited supply of palm oil would mean clearing the shelves of a wide range of staples, including frozen chips and other potato products. Certified sustainable palm oil is now being used as a last resort and as a strictly temporary measure – in a limited range of Iceland own label products.
  • Is'sustainable' palm oil environmentally damaging?
  • This has prompted industry efforts to promote “sustainable” palm oil which is not environmentally damaging. Walker previously said that Iceland did not believe there was verifiably sustainable palm oil on the mass market and so was removing it all together.