It depends on the brand
Choosing a country when starting for the first time Palm oil sweep shows that consumers in Germany should expect restrictions when using the app. Currently, the free offering is only equipped with a database optimized for English-speaking countries such as the USA, Great Britain, Australia and the city-state of Singapore. Since it contains thousands of products from global food companies such as Nestlé, Mondelez, Kraft, Danone, PepsiCo, Mars and Unilever Palm oil sweep but can also be used in our widths to scan branded items. However, local discount products and regional retail products are not recognized.
2nd series – in data protection
Palm oil sweep Due to its narrow range of functions, it does not have any special hardware requirements and also works without any problems on older smartphone models. The app’s size of around 80 megabytes (in version 3.2.3 for Android devices) is due to the product database stored locally on the smartphone. However, you do not have to rely on mobile data or a WiFi hotspot to use the app; you can also scan offline in supermarkets and drugstores.
No registration is required. What data when using Palm oil sweep However, you must find out for yourself in what form and to whom it is transmitted. The app itself does not provide any information about terms of use and data protection regulations. Only on Google Play There is a note that user data is transmitted in encrypted form and will not be passed on to third parties for commercial purposes. On the homepage of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, which sells the app on behalf of WAZA, We found data protection regulationsbut this only applies to the zoo’s website. Although we consider the application relatively harmless in terms of consumer protection because it does not use cookies and does not request location and other sensitive data, more transparency would be desirable.
The search for “good” palm oil
Palm oil sweep As an alternative to searching for products with the smartphone camera, it also offers a text search. The heart of the app is the scanning of barcodes on food and drug stores. If it is the product of a global trading company, this will be found in most cases. Palm oil sweep does not differentiate between different items from a manufacturer when assessing quality, but rather certifies the extent to which the company’s entire product uses sustainably produced palm oil. For example, Ferrero products such as Nutella or Hanuta, which contain a high proportion of vegetable fat, are rated as “excellent”, just as Mon Cheri or Tic Tac, which contain little or no palm oil. Strictly speaking, we should speak of a manufacturer rating rather than a product rating. With the tap of a finger, the app can also create an email in which you can express your personal wish for greater corporate responsibility in the processing of palm oil, which the app provider forwards to the respective company on behalf of the consumer.
Control is good – taking responsibility is better
Allows evaluation Palm oil sweep Several factors are taken into account and the ratings “excellent”, “good”, “poor” or “no compromise” are calculated. One of the reasons for this is the non-profit organization’s membership Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as well as the use of demonstrably sustainably produced palm oil in production. The standards for this are set by the RSPO, which is also responsible for monitoring member companies. The app provides information in English about this and also about WAZA’s reasons for promoting the controlled and sustainable cultivation of palm oil. This corresponds to the contemporary scientific assessment that a boycott or abandonment of palm oil for food production, but also for biofuels, detergents and cosmetics, would lead to an ecologically and socially disastrous shift to other vegetable oils. Again, this would particularly affect species-rich equatorial regions such as Malaysia and Indonesia, where many people depend on this sector of the economy. As is so often the case, what matters here is not necessarily abstinence, but rather that everyone uses this raw material responsibly. Further information is also available the Federal Center for Nutrition (BZfE) is ready.
Conclusion
Even more than its range of functions (limited in this country) is recommended Palm oil sweep as a starting point for dealing with an ecologically and economically important raw material. If you want to check out products for using palm oil and avoid it as best as possible, there are offers such as Yuka or Code verification suggested. If you are interested in how food companies deal with vegetable oil, which has been controversial for decades, and the associated economic and political issues Palm oil sweep but it’s worth downloading.