Palm Oil Checker
One of the most viewed pages on Gardenandgreen.co.uk was a page which listed which toothpaste contained plastic microbeads. So, here is a similar page which is a list of food products and whether they contain palm oil or are palm oil free. Rainforests are being destroyed and being replaced with massive palm tree plantations, to produce palm oil that has become a common ingredient in many food products, especially in chocolate, biscuits and sweets. However, there are plenty of alternatives that do not contain palm oil.
Recently Iceland, the freezer food supermarket, released an advert about the plight of Orang Utans, whose habitat is the Indonesian rainforests, that are being destroyed. It has pledged to remove palm oil from all its own label food products. The advert could not be shown on TV as it was considered to be in breach of rules regarding political messages. However, millions have since viewed it online (It can be viewed further down this page). Actions speak louder than views, though, so if you really want to make a difference, simply make a note of some chocolate or sweets that are delicious, and palm oil free and buy them as alternatives to products that do contain Palm Oil. Please send this page to your friends on social media etc, so they can also see what chocolate etc is palm oil free.
Ingredient information taken from Tesco Groceries website (except for other supermarket own brand chocolate), November 2018. Please note - ingredients can be changed at anytime, so it is worth checking when in the shop.
Image: Orang-Utan In Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra / T Bachner
Chocolate, Sweets and Biscuits
Aero - PALM OIL
After Eight Mints - PALM OIL
Airwaves Chewing Gum - PALM FREE
Anthon Berg Chocolate Liquers - PALM FREE
Asda Dark Chocolate - PALM FREE
Asda Milk Chocolate - PALM OIL
Asda Milk & Dark Chocolate Brazil Nuts - PALM FREE
Asda Turkish Delight - PALM FREE
Bahlsen Leibnitz chocolate biscuits - PALM FREE
Bahlsen Pick Up! Choco & Caramel - PALM OIL
Baileys Chocolate Truffles - PALM OIL
Barratt Dip Dabs - PALM FREE
Barratt Chewy Nougat - PALM FREE
Bassetts Flumps - PALM FREE
Bassetts Jelly Babies - PALM FREE
Bassets Liquorice Allsorts - PALM OIL
Bendicks Mint Collection - PALM FREE
Black Magic Chocolates - PALM OIL
Blue Riband - PALM OIL
Bounty - PALM FREE
Cadbury Bourneville Dark Chocolate - PALM OIL
Cadbury Dairy Milk (all Cadbury products eg. Buttons, Double Decker, Fudge etc) - PALM OIL
Cadbury Heroes - PALM OIL
Cadbury Milk Tray - PALM OIL
Cadbury Roses - PALM OIL
Caramac - PALM OIL
Celebrations - PALM OIL
Chewits - PALM OIL (But listed as Sustainable Green Palm Oil)
Chocolate Limes (Tesco) - PALM FREE
Co-op Chocolate Bars Irresistible Range - PALM FREE
Daim Bar - PALM OIL
Dairy Box Chocolates - PALM OIL
Dr Oetker Fine Cooks Chocolate - PALM FREE
Drifter Biscuits - PALM OIL
Elizabeth Shaw Mint Crisp Boxed Chocolates - PALM FREE
Ferrero Kinder Milk - PALM OIL
Ferrero Raffaello - PALM OIL
Ferrero Rocher Chocolates - PALM OIL
Fox's Glacier Mints - PALM FREE
Fox's Rocky Caramel Biscuits - PALM OIL
Fruit Jellies (Tesco) - PALM FREE
Fruit-tella - PALM FREE
Fry's Chocolate Cream - PALM OIL
Fry's Turkish Delight - PALM OIL
Galaxy Chocolate - PALM OIL
Godiva Chocolate - PALM FREE
Green and Blacks Milk Chocolate - PALM FREE
Green and Blacks Dark Chocolate - PALM FREE
Guylian Chocolate Sea Shells - PALM FREE
Haribo Star Mix - PALM FREE
Haribo Super Mix - PALM FREE
Haribo Tangfastics - PALM FREE
Henry Goode's Soft Liquorice - PALM OIL
Hersheys Cookie & Cream Chocolate - PALM OIL PLUS GENETICALLY MODIFIED SUGAR BEET
Hersheys Selection Box - - PALM OIL PLUS GENETICALLY MODIFIED SUGAR BEET
Kinder Egg - PALM OIL
Kit Kat - PALM OIL
Lindt Excellence Dark 70% Chocolate - PALM FREE
Lindt Cream Milk Chocolate - PALM FREE
Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffles - PALM OIL
Lindt most products - PALM FREE
Lion Bar - PALM OIL
Lyons Viscount Biscuits - PALM OIL
Maryland Choc Chip Cookies - PALM OIL
M&Ms - PALM OIL
Maltesers - PALM OIL
Mars Bars - PALM OIL
Marsh Mallows (Tesco & Princess) - PALM FREE
Matchmakers - PALM OIL
Maynards Wine Gums - PALM OIL
McVities Club Biscuits - PALM OIL
Mcvities Chocolate Hob Nobs - PALM OIL
McVities Penguins - PALM OIL
Merci Finest Selection - PALM OIL
Milk Chocolate Peanuts (Tesco) - PALM OIL
Milky Bar - PALM OIL
Milky Way - PALM OIL
Mint Humbugs (Tesco) - PALM OIL
Mintos Mints - PALM FREE
Monty Bojangles Taste Adventures Chocolate - PALM OIL
Mr Tom Peanut Bar - PALM FREE
Ms Molly's Midget Gems - PALM FREE
Ms Molly's Milk Chocolate / Plain Chocolate - PALM FREE
Munchies - PALM OIL
Nutella - PALM OIL
Polo Mints - PALM FREE
Quality Street - PALM OIL
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup - PALM FREE (But uses Genetically Modified Sugar Beet!)
Rolos - PALM OIL
Rowntrees Fruit Gums - PALM FREE
Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles - PALM FREE
Rowntrees Jelly Tots - PALM FREE
Sainsbury's Dark Chocolate - PALM FREE
Sainsbury's Milk Chocolate - PALM FREE
Sainsbury's Rose & Lemon Turkish Delights - PALM FREE
Skittles - PALM OIL
Smarties - PALM FREE
Starbursts - PALM OIL
Snickers - PALM OIL
Swizzels Drumsticks - PALM OIL
Swizzels Lovehearts - PALM FREE
Swizzels Refreshers - PALM OIL
Tesco Classic 74% Dark Chocolate - PALM FREE
Tesco Milk Chocolate - PALM FREE
Tesco Turkish Delight Thins - PALM FREE
Terry's Chocolate Orange - PALM OIL
Terry's Dark Chocolate Orange - PALM FREE
Thorntons Classic Chocolate Bag - PALM OIL
Thorntons Mint Collection - PALM OIL
Thorntons Moments - PALM OIL
Thorntons Special Toffee Original - PALM OIL
Tic Tac - PALM FREE
Toblerone - PALM FREE
Toffee Crisp - PALM OIL
Toffifee - PALM OIL
Trebor Extra Strong Mints - PALM FREE
Trebor Soft Mints - PALM FREE
Topic - PALM OIL
Tunnocks Caramel Wafers - PALM OIL
Tunnock Milk Chocolate Teacakes - PALM OIL
Twix - PALM OIL
Waitrose Dark Chocolate - PALM FREE
Waitrose Milk Chocolate - PALM FREE
Waitrose Rose and Lemon Turkish Delights - PALM FREE
Walnut Whips - PALM OIL
Werther's Original - PALM FREE
Wham Chew Bars - PALM OIL
Wrigley's Extra Cool Breeze Chewing Gum - PALM FREE
Yorkie - PALM OIL