palm oil
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Malaysian Palm Oil Board to hold conference in Las Vegas
GMP-certified tocotrienol producer Carotech said the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will hold its 2nd International Conference on "Tocotrienols and Chronic Diseases" from July 13-14 at Las Vegas, US. The conference will feature speakers invited …
palm oil | 16 June 2011
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Versatile Substitute
Palm oil provides healthier baked and confectionery products than animal fat.
palm oil | 01 May 2011
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FrieslandCampina Kievit commits to be certified on sustainable palm oil
FrieslandCampina Kievit has applied for an audit to be certified according to the rules and regulations of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The company made this decision in the context of FrieslandCampinas sustainability policy and…
palm oil | 29 November 2010
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Cargill smallholder scheme receives certification
Smallholders at Cargill's oil palm plantation, PT. Hindoli in South Sumatra, Indonesia, have recently received Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification. This is the world's first smallholder scheme to become certified under the RSP…
palm oil | 27 August 2010
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Cargill supports Unilever's drive to use sustainable palm oil
Cargill has entered into a supply agreement to provide Unilever's European operations with 10,000 metric tonnes (mt) of segregated refined palm oil, certified by the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This means that the oil will have b…
palm oil | 10 August 2010
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MPOB to hold conference in the US
Carotech says the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will hold its inaugural international conference on tocotrienols and chronic diseases from July 29 to 30, 2010 at Wynn Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, the US. The conference will present latest research u…
palm oil | 01 August 2010
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Biofuels Woe
For a factory that uses biofuels, it may seem to many that it is being environmentally friendly. However, this does not sit well with Nestlé chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe when using biofuels means the destruction of forests. He said at the 201…
palm oil | 01 May 2010
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Fueling Food Production
China’s rising food production drives the demand for palm oil.
palm oil | 01 May 2010
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Unilever buys GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil
Unilever said it has secured enough GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil to cover the requirements of its businesses in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It says this is part of its commitment to buy all its palm oil from certified sust…
palm oil | 16 April 2010
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Study reveals certain anti-palm oil campaigns threaten world's poor
At last month’s United Nations climate change meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, the NGO World Growth released a new report exposing the damaging economic and environmental consequences for developing countries of misguided campaigns by Western "green" g…
palm oil | 08 October 2009
