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You may not think about it when you’re grocery shopping, but YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE, through the products you purchase.
YOUR CHOICES Can Change
THE WORLD
This is especially true when it comes to palm oil.
DID YOU KNOW PALM OIL IS FOUND IN ROUGHLY
50%
OF ALL SUPERMARKET PRODUCTS?
This HIDDEN INGREDIENT

may not directly change your life, but the unsustainable production of palm oil is destroying somebody else’s.

To make way for new palm oil plantations, RAIN FORESTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA ARE BEING CLEARED AT A RATE EQUAL TO 300 FOOTBALL FIELDS EVERY HOUR to keep up with demand. With this relentless destruction comes the loss of irreplaceable habitat, wildlife endangerment and massive carbon emissions.

THE CHOICES YOU MAKE AT THE CHECKOUT CAN QUITE LITERALLY CHANGE THIS.
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Sunflower

THE SWITCH TO Sunflower Oil

REMOVING PALM OIL AND ITS DERIVATIVES
FROM THE DARRELL LEA RANGE WAS A HUGE
TASK THAT TOOK ALMOST TWO YEARS.

We reviewed over 200 ingredients
WE HAVE REPLACED 100% OF PALM OIL WITH SUNFLOWER OIL ACROSS DARRELL LEA BRANDED TREATS.
Why CAN’T I SEEPALM OIL in the INGREDIENTS?
AUSTRALIAN LABELLING LAWS DON’T REQUIRE PRODUCTS TO SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT OILS THEY CONTAIN, so it’s quite tricky to make an informed decision. Often the term ‘vegetable oil’ is used to disguise the real ingredient.
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HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

When we say Darrell Lea makes
it better, we really mean it. Our customers tell us
ethically sourced ingredients matter, and we agree.
Removing palm oil is a step we’re taking
to create confectionery that is better
for the environment.

Sunflower oil has proved the best choice from
an environmental, health-related and
manufacturing perspective.

Mostly Europe with some from Argentina,
as a commercial sunflower oil crop is not yet
available in Australia.

Every single Darrell Lea treat is guaranteed to be
palm oil-free, and now contains sunflower oil.

By the end of October 2020, we had updated every single Darrell Lea product to be made palm oil free.

The entire Darrell Lea range – about 100 products. Sadly, as part of the process, we had to discontinue Stix as it couldn’t be made without palm oil.
We use 100% sustainably sourced cocoa in all our chocolate products and pay a premium for it to help fund sustainability programmes in Ghana. We are intending to transition to fully renewable energy by 2025 and are exploring ways to make our packaging eco-friendlier.
We were able to remove palm oil altogether. For those that can’t, we suggest you look into sustainable palm oil alternatives with RSPO as a step forward.