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It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Life Contributors. This is a difficult area for food manufacturers. Palm oil was seen as the answer to many prayers when the link between hydrogenated vegetable oil and heart disease became clear some years ago. Palm is seen as a healthier option for humans, though not for the environment, unfortunately, as it does not need to be hydrogenated. Sustainably produced palm oil is available from countries such as Gabon.
In the meantime, the search for other healthy ingredients continues. Other vegetable oil ingredients include shea, sal, illipe, kokum gurgi and mango kernel. Shea tends to be from Africa, though the others are mostly from India or wider Asia.
Illipe butter, for example, is from a nut that is also grown in Indonesia. These are not concerns for all manufacturers of minty chocolates. Its After Dinner Mints are made of: sugar, cocoa mass, glucose syrup, cocoa butter, invert sugar syrup, emulsifier soya lecithin and peppermint.
The chocolate has a minimum of 62 per cent cocoa solids, which is good. The main difference being the use of invertase, salt, and agar, a gelatinous agent made from seaweed. Its chocolate has a minimum of 50 per cent cocoa solids. After Eights have a cute white-and-gold logo on the back showing a bird feeding her scaldies in the nest. See a sample.
Exclusive competitions and restaurant offers, plus reviews, the latest food and drink news, recipes and lots more. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription. The most famous brand of all has a long and complicated list of ingredients, including palm oil.
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