Palm Oil Free Bakery

We ran 1,052 bakery through our palm oil free rules: 24 pass, 12 need a label check, and 228 don't make it.

Packaged bread often uses vegetable fat as a softener, and brioche, croissants and pastries need a solid fat for their texture. Margarine in bakery products is commonly palm-based. A loaf that names sunflower or rapeseed oil passes; one that says only "vegetable fat" is an open question.

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Where the traps are

What actually disqualifies bakery from a palm oil free diet, counted across 60 of the 228 products that fail:

palm oil
24 products
palm oil, flagged by the open food facts ingredient analysis
19 products
palm kernel
3 products
aceite de palma
3 products
palm fat
3 products

Check the label first

For these, the data is incomplete or an ingredient can go either way. We say so instead of guessing. Tap one to see exactly what's unclear.

Verdicts are automated checks based on Open Food Facts data. Formulations change, so always confirm on the physical label.