Tuesday 27 April 2010

FLORA

LETTER RECEIVED FROM A SUPPORTER
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Thank you for your recent email. I can confirm that all the Flora range of products contain palm oil.

Palm Oil is an ingredient which is used in many food products, toiletry and cosmetic products. Due to our broad portfolio and scale of business, Unilever is the world's largest user of palm oil.

Hence we are leading the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, a not-for-profit association set up to ensure that companies will be able to purchase certified sustainable palm oil as soon as possible. The challenge in finding an effective and long term solution is the problem of "traceability" (being able to trace every palm kernel back to the plantation which grew it). This is complex in an extended supply chain where there are many thousands of growers - both large and small.

Unfortunately, due to the brands and number of products that Unilever produces, we are unable to provide the generic ingredient details that you are asking for. We are nevertheless committing to traceability in our European supply chain for straight palm oil by 2012.

If you have particular concerns surrounding a brand or product please call or email us and we will do our best to provide the information.

Kind regards,

Martyn Williams-Ellis
Careline Advisor