Most big brand liquid Shampoo and Conditioners contain Palm Oil, ingredients containing such as Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES). Frustratingly, it's not always obvious, as Palm Oil can be listed under a variety of different names.
Proctor & Gamble uses palm oil in products like Lenor, Ariel, Head & Shoulders, Pantene Pro-V, Covergirl Bombshell Shineshadow.
Head and Shoulders shampoo contains palm oil.
Palm oil is used as a conditioning agent that helps restore the natural oils of the hair that are stripped away by most shampoos.
Yes, Dove soap contains palm oil.
Do your products contain palm oil? Palm oil is a really important issue for us and our parent company, who've been at the forefront of driving industry-wide change for more than 15 years. This is why we choose to use sustainable palm oil in our products.
But sulfates do feature in other products. Is Herbal Essences palm oil-free? Herbal Essences is not a palm oil free brand. Whilst its parent company – P&G – has partnered with the WWF to source sustainable palm oil, P&G has a chequered past with the palm oil it, and its subsidiaries have used.
To avoid palm oil, choose products that contain clearly labeled oils, such as 100 percent sunflower oil, corn oil, olive oil, coconut oil, or canola oil.
What is the problem with palm oil? Palm oil has been and continues to be a major driver of deforestation of some of the world's most biodiverse forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species like the Orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino.
Aussie is not palm oil free. Like other P&G products it has the very worst rating for palm oil usage. Whilst products may not specifically contain palm oil, SLS – sodium lauryl sulfate – is a key ingredient in the majority of its shampoos. And SLS is typically derived from palm kernels.
Popular toothpaste brands like Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Oral B, Colgate, Tom's of Maine, Mentadent, and JASÖN are considered to have bad palm oil policies, according to Ethical Consumer. This means that they use no or minimal certified sustainable palm oil products, and don't have any commitment to do so.
Saturated fats must be declared on the label of food items and palm oil contains a high proportion of saturated fat. If the generic 'vegetable oil' or 'vegetable fat' has been listed in the ingredients and the product has a high proportion of saturated fat, it's likely palm oil has been used.
Other names for Palm oil include Palmate, Cetyl Palmitate and Octyl Palmitate plus more, such as Sodium Lauryl Sulfate which can be made from Palm Oil. With these different names you may be supporting the palm oil industry without even knowing! Be sure to check your labels.
Colgate uses palm oil, palm kernel oil and palm oil derivatives in some of our soap products, toothpastes, antiperspirants, deodorants, and household cleaners.
The palm oil in Nutella® is carefully treated during processing, making it perfectly safe to ingest. The palm oil we use in Nutella® is 100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil and can be traced back to the mills, guaranteeing that it does not come from plantations subject to deforestation.
Palm oil, palm kernel oil, and coconut oil — the so-called tropical oils — got a bad reputation because they're high in saturated fat, which has long been linked to heart disease. Saturated fat boosts "bad" LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, both of which are risk factors for heart disease.
The biggest impact of unsustainable palm oil production is the large-scale devastation of tropical forests. As well as widespread habitat loss for endangered species like Asian rhinos, elephants, tigers and orangutans, this can lead to significant soil erosion.
Does Aveeno use palm oil? Yes Aveeno uses palm oil in its products.
We use palm oil as an ingredient in a number of Nestlé products. To address sustainability challenges in our palm oil supply chains, we start by understanding where the palm oil comes from and how it is produced.
What do Nutella, Hershey's Chocolate, Coca-Cola and Kellogg's cereal all have in common? All of these brands use palm oil as a key ingredient when making their products. Palm oil is the world's most demanded vegetable oil, making palm oil extraction an environmental crisis.
The 12 companies are Colgate-Palmolive, L'Oreal, Hershey, Kellogg's, Kraft, Mars, Mondelez, General Mills, Heinz, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser and Unilever.
As its name implies, the original Palmolive soap formula was made entirely of palm and olive oils. While Palmolive soap no longer uses palm oil, Colgate-Palmolive, the company which produces Palmolive soap and many other personal care items, continues to use palm oil and its derivatives in other Colgate products.
Nestle can no longer claim to use certified sustainable palm oil in its chocolates and other products, after being suspended by the group responsible for certification. But Greenpeace says RSPO has its priorities wrong, and is ignoring more serious violations by its members including deforestation.