The Palm Oil Responses - Unilever

Ok, well, when I contacted Vasaline to see if their products contained palm oil/palm oil derivatives, I was suprised to find that like Nestle, they are part of a massive network of brands. Here is a list of those brands which come under the Unilever umbrella:
(The countries in brackets show brands predominantly in those countries)
Personal Care Products
Vasaline
Dove
Sure
Timotei
Impulse
Lux
Lynx
Sunsilk
Andrelon
Aviance cosmetics
Badedas
Brisk
Brut
Brylcreem
Citra
Clear
Close-up
Cream silk
Degree
Dusch Das
Fair and lovely
FDS
Gessy (Brazil)
Good Morning (Egypt)
Just for me
Lever 2000
Lifebuoy
Clinic
Matey
Mist (Egypt)
Motions
Noxzema
Origins
Organics
Pears
Pepsodent
Ponds
Prodent
Radox
Rexona
Sedal
Signal
Simple
Sunsilk
Soft & Beautiful
SR
St Ives
TBC
Tigi
Thermosilk
Toni & Guy
Tresemme
Ultrex
Vibrance
VO5


Food and Drink
Flora
PG Tips
Carte D'or
Heartbrand
Knorr
Lipton
Ben & Jerrys
Wall's
Amora
Alsa
Ades or Adez
Amino (Poland)
Annapurna (India)
Best Foods
BiFi (Netherlands, Germany)
Blueband
Bovril
Breyers
Brooke Bond
Bru (India)
Brummel & Brown
Bushells (Australia, New Zealand)
Calve
Chicken Tonight
Choysa (Australia, New Zealand)
Conimex (Netherlands)
Coleman's
Continental
Country Crock
Darko (Bulgaria)
Delma (Poland)
Du Darfst (Germany)
Elmlea
Fanacoa (Argentina)
Fruco
Fudgsical
I can't believe it's not butter
Imperial Margarine
Jif/Cif
Kasia (Poland)
Kecap Bango (Indonesia)
Kissan (India, Pakistan)
Klondike
Lady's Choice (Phillipines, Malaysia)
Lan-Choo (Australia, New Zealand)
Lao Cai
Lyons
Lizano sauce (Costa Rica)
Maille (France)
Maizena
Marmite
Mccollins (Peru)
Mrs Filbert's (USA)
Paddle Pop
Pfanni
Peperami
Phase
Planta
Popsicle
Pot Noodle
Promise
Ragu
Rama
Royal (Phillipines)
Royco (Indonesia)
Red Rose Tea (Canada)
Sana (Turkey)
Saga (Poland)
Sariwangi (Indonesia)
Scottish Blend
Slim Fast
Slotts (Sweden)
Stork
Streets (New Zealand, Australia)
Tortex (Poland)
Turun Sinappi (Finland, Sweden)
Unox
Vaqueiro
Wheel
Wish-bone salad dressing

Just a quick note on the ice-cream products. Unilever is the Worlds largest ice-cream manufacturer. Maybe it's time to buy a ice-cream maker! 



Household Cleaning products
Domestos
Surf
Ala (Argentina)
Biotex
Brilhante (Brazil)
Cif
Comfort
Minerva (Brazil)
Neutral
Omo (South America, Norway)
Quix
Q-Tips
Persil
Skip
Sun
Viso (Indonesia, Vietnam)
Vim

As you see, there are LOADS!
This is the disappointing response I received today:

Hello from Unilever

Dear Steph,

Thank you for your recent enquiry about the use of palm oil in our products.

Palm oil is widely used in food and personal care products, and contributes to the economic development of the producing countries, as well as to the diets of millions of people around the world. Demand for palm oil is only expected to increase, however it is recognised that there are environmental issues around the expansion to eco-sensitive areas.

Since 2002, Unilever has been working with the conservation group WWF, plantation owners and other commercial users to devise standards for sustainable production. This is being done through the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The principal objective of the RSPO is to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil through co-operation within the supply chain and open dialogue with stakeholders.

I hope this has reassured you about the use of palm oil in our products, and I will pass your comments on to our Product Development team. We welcome all consumer feedback - both positive and negative - as it helps us to improve our products and policies, so thank you for taking the time to contact us.

Kind Regards