But when the Mirror travelled into the remote forests of Borneo we found the reality was worse than the Christmas advert claims. Numbers have plummeted because of hunting and deforestation caused by the relentless march of the palm oil industry, and intensive logging. It’s not about cutting out palm oil, it’s about ensuring your supply chain is free from deforestation. However, the recent hysteria over palm oil - exacerbated by Iceland’s heartfelt and well-intentioned Christmas advert - fails to account for sustainable palm oil production which is used by several big companies such as Unilever. Sustainable palm oil is also used in tonnes of supermarket favourites including Fox’s biscuits, Hovis and Warburton’s bread, Krispy Kreme donuts,Galaxy chocolate and Haribo sweets.

Source: Daily Mirror December 07, 2018 20:59 UTC