Does palm oil really rule the supermarket? An assessment of three Western supermarket chains

The claim that 50% of supermarket products contain palm oil is widely cited and repeated to underscore the relevance of activist campaigns and sustainability efforts in the oil palm sector. Yet evidence supporting this claim has never been publicly available. We investigated the accuracy of this cla...

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Published in:	Environmental Research: Food Systems
Main Authors:	Emily Mae Meijaard, Kimberly M Carlson, Douglas Sheil, Syahmi Zaini, Erik Meijaard
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	alternative oil crops deforestation palm oil supermarket products supply chain transparency sustainability
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ae12f6

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