00:00Sustainable palm oil combines technological innovation, quality, food safety, environmental and social sustainability.
00:16Topics that have also been addressed at the SIGEP in Rimini, the International Salon of Gelateria, Pastry, Artisan Breadmaking,
00:23during the talk Sustainable Palm Oil Beyond False Myths,
00:27the solution that guarantees quality, safety and respect for forests and people,
00:32organized by ASSITOL and by the Italian Union for Sustainable Palm Oil.
00:37In the world you can find sustainable palm oil that grows in undeforested areas,
00:43so saying that deforested palm oil is currently destroying is a mistake.
00:49Another false myth is the issue of palm oil safety.
00:52There is a legislation, for example, on 3M CPD and on GE, made by the European Community,
00:58and there are limits, so the palm oil that is circulating must respect these parameters.
01:04Fake news, aggressive claims, as also explained by the food expert Giorgio Antonio Donegani,
01:11who has flooded advertising in the last 10 years, not supported by scientific data,
01:18since palm oil does not pose health risks, it avoids the use of hydrogenated fats,
01:24it resists oxidation processes very well and improves the shelf life of products, also limiting waste.
01:31One of the consequences of this demonization, which has led to a very strong decrease in palm oil
01:38in industrial use, is precisely in terms of the shorter shelf life of products and in terms of lower quality,
01:45without any profit, neither from a nutritional point of view nor from a safety point of view.
01:50Another important feature is that of the yield much higher than other oil cultures.
01:55On a planet that will soon reach 10 billion inhabitants, thanks to its yield of almost 4 tons per hectare,
02:03sustainable palm oil can allow not to increase deforested areas.
02:08We, as an association, push a lot on the sustainability of products, all products, both palm oil and all other oils,
02:16because they are good for the environment as well as for consumers,
02:21so we have founded, together with the users, the Union for Sustainable Palm Oil.
02:26Our products are mainly sustainable products because we believe in environmental improvement,
02:33which is the trend that the European Commission follows with all the legislation, and we are going in that direction.
02:38So it is necessary to continue like this.
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