Whether you've just emerged from the long hibernation required for space travel or you've just stepped aboard your time machine, draped in a pretty Victorian frock coat, it only takes one trip to what's known as a "superstore" to see that many packages have a logo stating "palm oil free." Good heavens! What is this strange substance? And how dangerous is palm oil?
Palm oil, what's the problem with that one anyway?!
Palm oil, it's hard to avoid; it's found everywhere: in prepared meals, biscuits, sandwich bread, the famous spreads of course, but also in certain shampoos and even toothpastes! Miracle ingredient? If only... No, the main advantages of this oil are its low cost and its texture, which remains solid at room temperature and therefore makes it a great texturizing agent. The list of its qualities ends there.
In terms of composition, palmitic acid is the main fatty acid in palm oil. Did you know that breast milk naturally contains 23% palmitic acid? Well, to make our infant formulas , at Good Goût, we use whole milk, which already contains enough palmitic acid: so there's no need to add any more!
On the other hand, everywhere where oil palm is cultivated (Africa, South America, and especially Indonesia and Malaysia), the ecological disaster is colossal. As consumption of this oil is constantly increasing, new palm groves are being planted at the expense of primary forests. Deforestation by fire (Indonesia is the world's third-largest emitter of CO2 due to forest fires) has already destroyed, according to the WWF, 90% of the forests in these Southeast Asian countries.
And unfortunately, we know this song only too well; the disappearance of primary forests means an increase in greenhouse gases, the loss of unique biodiversity, the disappearance of the tiger, the orangutan...
Another slice of toast?
Why palm oil in milk? Our commitment to palm oil-free infant milk!
Palm oil is everywhere, as we've said. So much so that it's also present in many infant formulas.
It's used to provide the saturated fatty acids that babies absolutely need at this age. But at Good Goût, rather than using palm oil, we preferred to use the RIGHT fat: that of whole milk cream. It tastes much better, its taste qualities are no longer in doubt, and what's more, it has the advantage of being of French origin (the milk is harvested in France!).
Your baby has just been born onto this planet, and it's essential that you don't make this little one an unwitting contributor to palm oil production. Offering good products to a child is good, but doing everything you can to safeguard their future is essential!
Our organic infant milk is therefore rich in omega 3, made in France with whole milk produced in France and of course, without palm oil!
I'll make myself a bottle instead, thanks!
