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Fats & Oils: Challenged to be clean, sustainable, functional

Suppliers, reacting to demands from manufacturers and consumers, address requirements for fats and oils.

November 6, 2017

Fats and oils suppliers must contend with providing confectioners with products that are sustainable, have a free label and still function well in formulations.

Greenpeace suspends campaign against IOI following new sustainability, labor commitments

Malaysian firm was suspended from industry group in 2016 for clearing peatland.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

May 3, 2017

Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has suspended its campaign against palm oil supplier IOI Group after the Malaysian firm announced a commitment to address deforestation and exploitation in its supply chain.

DuPont Nutrition & Health reaches 100% certified sustainable palm oil emulsifiers

January 30, 2017

DuPont Nutrition & Health has completed its switch to 100% certified sustainable palm oil and palm oil derivatives used in its Global emulsifier production.

Land management remains issue for sustainable palm oil production

Industry partners work toward developing, implementing more sustainable practices.

Olivia Zyszczynski

December 9, 2016

As the palm oil industry makes efforts toward more sustainable practices, land management issues still affect the environment and communities surrounding palm oil production facilities.

Barry Callebaut to use sustainable palm oil in two fillings

Cocoa company’s popular fillings Crema dell’Artigiano and Tintoretto switch to RSPO1 segregated palm products.

Crystal Lindell

March 9, 2016

The Barry Callebaut Group now is using sustainable palm oil in two of its most popular confectionery fillings.

Barry Callebaut Tintoretto confectionery filling

Traceable filling solutions

March 4, 2016

The Barry Callebaut Group's Crema dell' Artigiano and Tintoretto now feature RSPO segregated palm products.

Fats & Oils Trends: Alternative Fats

Palm oil could be a suitable, but controversial, alternative to PHOs now that the FDA wants to phase them out.

Abigail Watt

November 12, 2015

Our understanding of the health effects of fats is constantly evolving.

PHO alternatives

June 29, 2015

Cargill has ingredient solutions available to replace most partially hydrogenated oil (PHO) uses while maintaining product taste and function.

Hershey reports on first phase of palm oil tracing

Initial mapping effort first step in validating responsible palm oil sources.

Bernie Pacyniak

April 22, 2015

The supply mapping has given the company insight into its palm oil sources from suppliers originating back to the mill level.

The redemption of fats and oils

Romy Schafer

December 8, 2014

Oils and fats manufacturers continue to develop ingredients that help bakers and snack producers create healthier versions of the products consumers love.