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How to Shop Palm Oil and Cruelty Free in the UK

What is the problem with palm oil?

“The industry is linked to major issues such as deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty and indigenous rights abuses in the countries where it is produced, as the land and forests must be cleared for the development of the palm oil plantations.” – Say No To Palm Oil

Palm oil can be found in so many products including, but not limited to:

Food – nut butters, margarines, fast food, cereals, noodles, crisps, doughnuts, lollypops, chocolate. dried fruit. biscuits, bread, cookies, ice cream, ready meals, and pet food.

Home, health & beauty – cleaning products, moisturisers, cleansers, lip balms, lipsticks, fabric softeners, liquid detergents, toothpastes, mascara, foundation, nail polish, vitamins, shampoo, conditioner, and soap.

Below I’ve listed a few categories and brands which sell palm oil free products. Please note, these brands are all palm oil free but not exclusively vegan! I have included M&S and Waitrose separately as they are the two UK supermarkets that produce the most palm oil free product ranges. Brands marked (vg) are vegan and those marked (cf) are cruelty free.

Biscuits and cookies

Brands

Island Bakery

Traidcraft

Walkers

M&S

Chocolate Chunk Cookies tin

Scottish Shortbread Selection tin

All Butter Scottish Shortbread tin

Ginger & Cinnamon Spiced Biscuit Thins tin

Belgian Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Waitrose

Waitrose Duchy Organic Biscuits

Shortbread Selection

Scottish Shortbread Stars

Scottish Shortbread Fingers

Scottish Chocolate Chip Shortbread

Scottish Stem Ginger Shortbread

Continental Milk (and dark) Chocolate Butter Biscuits

Flapjack All Butter Cookies

Belgian Chocolate and Hazelnut Cookies

Belgian White Chocolate Cookies

Belgian Double Chocolate Biscuits

Belgian Triple Chocolate Biscuits

Vanilla Viennese Fingers

Chocolate Viennese Fingers

Almond Viennese Swirls

Mini Oat Biscuits

White Chocolate and Lemon All Butter Cookies

Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

White and Plain Chocolate Cookies

Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies

Walnut Chocolate Raisin and Oat Cookies

Mini Choc Chip Cookies

Nut butters and chocolate spreads

Brands

Suma

Meridian

Whole Earth

Waitrose 1 Dark Chocolate Spread

Mr Organic

Venchi’s Suprema

Chocolates and gift chocolates

Brands

Booja Booja (vg)

Cocoa Loco

Divine

Ombar (vg)

Montezuma

Seed & Bean

Waitrose

Dark Chocolate Mint Creams

Dark Chocolate Mint Thins

Milk Chocolate Snowmen

White Chocolate Snowman

Dark Chocolate Covered Stem Ginger

Chocolate Ginger

Belgian Dark Chocolate Cherry Liqueurs

Belgian Marzipan Bites

Belgian Milk Chocolate Caramels

Waitrose 1 Champagne Truffles

Waitrose 1 Marc de Champagne Dark Truffles

Waitrose 1 Milk Chocolate Truffles

Waitrose 1 Dark Chocolate Truffles

Waitrose 1 Salted Chocolate Collection

Waitrose 1 Salted Caramel Truffles

Swiss Neapolitan Assortment

Swiss Milk Chocolate Alpine Bites

M&S

Penguin Igloo

Gastronomic Chocolate Collection

Salted Caramel Pine Cones

Sparkling Caramels

After Dinner Mints

Cherry Liqueurs

Chocolate Marzipan

Marc de Champagne Truffles

Cocoa Dusted Liquid Salted Caramels

Other foods

Quorn

Milo Cereal

Nesquik Cereal

Coco Pops

Crunchy Nut

Nature Valley Crunch Granola

Sunbeam Sultanas

Sunsweet Dried Mango

Vege Chips Co.

Kettle

Popped

Tyrrells

Vogels

Skittles

Mentos

Pez

Chuppa Chups

Jelly Belly

Wrigglys

Ben & Jerry’s

Kabuto Noodles

Pet foods

Ami

Applaws

Barking Heads

Beco

Benevo

Burns

Encore

Eukanuma

Harringtons

Iams

Lily’s Kitchen

V-Dog

Wagg

Yarrah

Healthcare and beauty

Soaps

The Little Cornish Soap Co. (cf)

Lomond Soap (cf)

Caurnie Soap (cf)

Emma’s Soap (cf)

Green Forest Soap (cf) (vg)

The Little Blue Hen Soap Crafting Co. (cf) (vg)

Skincare

Conscious Skincare (cf)

Glow Skincare (cf)

Botanicals (cf) (vg)

Cleaning

Greenscents (cf) (vg)

ECOS (cf)

Ecoleaf (cf) (vg)

Other

Yaoh (cf) (vg)

Scent Trail (cf)

Green & Spring (cf)

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