The palm oil we use in Nutella® is 100% sustainable palm oil, traceable back to the mills. It mainly originates from Malaysia (averaging around 80% of our volumes) followed by Indonesia.
The health and well-being of consumers is an absolute priority for Ferrero. Is the vegetable oil in Nutella® hydrogenated? No. The vegetable oil contained in Nutella® is palm oil, which is naturally extracted from the palm fruit and gives our spread its creamy texture.
Why the controversy? One of the key ingredients in Nutella is palm oil, a controversial commodity mainly produced in Malaysia and Indonesia that is celebrated for its crop efficiency and low cost of production but also criticized for its contribution to deforestation and pollution.
Palm oil, the most widely used vegetable oil, is a key ingredient in Ferrero Rocher chocolates and Nutella spread, giving the iconic products their smooth texture and shelf life.
Tapella told Reuters that Nutella had contained palm oil since its creation in the 1960s and that the group relied only on palm plantations certified as sustainable. Ferrero's advertising campaign has drawn some political fire.
At Ferrero, we use palm oil to help us achieve the right consistency in our products, and since it is odourless and tasteless after the refining process, it does not interfere with the taste of our iconic recipes.
Described as one of the cheapest and most versatile vegetable oils, palm oil is used in various Cadbury's confectionery, including milk buttons.
Choose Davies Chocolates for Palm Oli-Free Chocolate in Australia.
Is there any palm oil in your products? All KitKat products containing Palm Oil contain RSPO responsiblly sourced, sustainable palm oil.
Yes that's right, everyone's favourite airport treat contains no palm oil at all. So white, dark, milk – eat those massive Toblerone triangles to your heart's content.
The sole difference is that the Italian version lists two percentages: hazelnuts (13%) and milk (5%) while the American version keeps mum. The website for American Nutella says, "Each 13 oz.
(Unless you butter your toast first.) Nutella, however, is 32% fat, most of which is palm oil.
In Nutella, it's made from soybeans, making this ingredient vegan.
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The spread is also palm oil free.
These companies produce palm oil free chocolate
Divine, Beyond Good, Chocolat Madagascar, Pacari, Moo Free, Booja-Booja, Seed and Bean, Montezuma, Tony's Chocolonely, Fairafric, Vego, Willies, Ombar, Mia.
The scorecard reports that five local companies – Arnott's, Coles, Goodman Fielder, Metcash and Woolworths - are now using 100% Certified Sustainable Palm Oil.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups – Their original version does not contain palm oil but all of their others do. M&M's – Milk Chocolate M&M's, Dark Chocolate M&M's, and Almond M&M's don't contain palm oil but Peanut M&M's do.
"They have not committed to certified sustainable palm oil and we cannot in good conscience keep selling those products," she said. "We are absolutely serious about mandatory labelling." Palm oil production has destroyed the habitats of rare and endangered animals including orangutans, tigers, gibbons and elephants.
INGREDIENTS: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin), Peanuts, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Palm Oil, Skim Milk, Lactose, Salt, Egg Whites, Artificial Flavor.
Kathryn Clayton Arnott's Tim Tam
Hi Kathryn, yes, it is palm oil. You may also be interested to know that we've already started shifting our supply towards certified, sustainable palm oil.
What oil does McDonald's use? We use a special canola oil blend which contains canola oil, sunflower oil and a small amount of palm oil. This blend offers the best flavour, shelf life and nutritional profile to meet our frying-oil requirements.
Lindt chocolate does contain a proportion of palm oil in some of its fillings, but lists the ingredient as "vegetable fats/oils". Plain Lindt chocolate does not contain any palm oil.
In Europe, the ingredients are: sugar, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, cocoa mass, palm fat, lactose, demineralised whey powder, milk fat, wheat flour, emulsifiers (E442, soya lecithin, E492), palm oil, raising agents (E500, E501, E341), salt, gelling agent (pectin), flavouring.
Do any Whittaker's chocolate products contain palm oil? No, we don't use palm oil in any of our chocolate products. Find out more about the ingredients we use and our focus on ethical sourcing.
WE HAVE REPLACED 100% OF PALM OIL WITH SUNFLOWER OIL ACROSS DARRELL LEA BRANDED TREATS.