Palm oil is in thousands of products found around the home from babycare products to cleaning products to personal care and beauty products. A lot of the palm oil used in these products comes from sources that are not sustainable and result in land being striped to make way for new plantations. Deforestation of land to make way for palm plantations strips the land of it´s biodiversty and endangers several species of wildlife including the Sumatran tiger and orangutan.
Palm oil from sustainable sources is available but if you prefer to avoid palm oil altogether then you can browse here a selection of products that are completely palm oil free.