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A Quiz By RSPO Reveals More Than Half Of Products Used And Consumed Have Palm Oil
A Quiz By RSPO Reveals More Than Half Of Products Used And Consumed Have Palm Oil
19/07/2013 (Bernama) - An online quiz conducted worldwide by Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) showed that more than half of the products used and consumed by respondents on a daily basis contained palm oil.
Using an animated graphical interface, RSPO said the respondents were asked to choose from a host of typical goods they have at home, varied from kitchen groceries to bathroom toiletries.
"This data was then calculated to show their individual level of palm oil consumption demonstrating that over half of the products that were used and consumed on a daily basis contained palm oil in one form or another," it said.
At the end of the quiz, it said respondents were asked to vote "yes" or "no" for sustainable palm oil, three-quarters of those questioned gave a positive result.
Commenting on the results, RSPO secretary-general Darrel Webber said though the quiz was not a scientific survey, the results highlighted some clear views.
"On the average, 50 per cent of supermarket goods found in most households contain some form of palm oil, a figure that was reinforced by the high number of people choosing such products in the quiz.
"Because palm oil is so pervasive, its impact on consumers, and consequently the world, is massive," he said.
He said palm oil was an extremely versatile vegetable oil with many applications and was found in a wide range of items from confectionery, cosmetics, cleaning agents to body products.
He said palm oil use was rising globally, which was why the RSPO was at the forefront of creating a global sustainable palm oil sector.
The "Can You Live without Palm Oil?" quiz was participated by 2,561 people, comprising professionals (54 per cent), students (37 per cent), homemakers (seven per cent) and retirees (two per cent) around the world to find out how important palm oil is in their daily lives and how their actions could affect the environment.
The top 10 countries with the highest number of respondents were from the United states (22 per cent), the United Kingdom (20 per cent), Australia (12 per cent), Singapore (11 per cent), Germany, Malaysia, Denmark, the Netherlands and France (6 per cent each) and Indonesia (5 per cent).
Using an animated graphical interface, RSPO said the respondents were asked to choose from a host of typical goods they have at home, varied from kitchen groceries to bathroom toiletries.
"This data was then calculated to show their individual level of palm oil consumption demonstrating that over half of the products that were used and consumed on a daily basis contained palm oil in one form or another," it said.
At the end of the quiz, it said respondents were asked to vote "yes" or "no" for sustainable palm oil, three-quarters of those questioned gave a positive result.
Commenting on the results, RSPO secretary-general Darrel Webber said though the quiz was not a scientific survey, the results highlighted some clear views.
"On the average, 50 per cent of supermarket goods found in most households contain some form of palm oil, a figure that was reinforced by the high number of people choosing such products in the quiz.
"Because palm oil is so pervasive, its impact on consumers, and consequently the world, is massive," he said.
He said palm oil was an extremely versatile vegetable oil with many applications and was found in a wide range of items from confectionery, cosmetics, cleaning agents to body products.
He said palm oil use was rising globally, which was why the RSPO was at the forefront of creating a global sustainable palm oil sector.
The "Can You Live without Palm Oil?" quiz was participated by 2,561 people, comprising professionals (54 per cent), students (37 per cent), homemakers (seven per cent) and retirees (two per cent) around the world to find out how important palm oil is in their daily lives and how their actions could affect the environment.
The top 10 countries with the highest number of respondents were from the United states (22 per cent), the United Kingdom (20 per cent), Australia (12 per cent), Singapore (11 per cent), Germany, Malaysia, Denmark, the Netherlands and France (6 per cent each) and Indonesia (5 per cent).