PalmOil Scan

Oh gosh I use it all the time, it's amazing!! But there are tiny glitches that could be improved, very very good app 😊

Only other review here states awesome game. It’s far from a game so useless review. Also not much use in Australia. I checked under breakfast cereals and Sanitarium isn’t even mentioned. I could see how an Australian version would be useful and important but it should state in the blurb about it that it is USA specific. Let’s hope we see one for Downunder. Such an important thing to support for our planet.

This is a international 'APP' and palm oil is a International Problem, so why does this app focus only on North America products? It is also full of errors, so much so that even orangutan saving International organizations are strongly not recommending this app!

Very slow. Relevant for products available in Nth America.

Great user friendly app! Easy to use and an incredible resource

I like the purpose of this app, but it labels may to many companies as “Excellent”. It is largely based on companies commitments, but not actually what they are doing. It is also largely based of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This may sound good, but it is actually not. For starters, RSPO fails to enforce its own regulations. For example, one company is a member of RSPO, yet it is linked to intense destruction of natural wildlife habitat and severe human rights violations. Actually many companies in RSPO are like that. Also, RSPO is dominated by businesses and they are making all of the decisions now. Companies can use many different certification types. Identity-Preserved: This is the best form of certification. It is 100% sustainable and traceable to the mill. This may sound good but remember RSPO doesn’t enforce whether or not the producer is actually obeying rules and regulations. Segregated: 100% sustainable but from a variety of different sources, not traceable. Mass Balance: Most companies use a lot of this. It is a mix of certified and uncertified palm oil, but nobody really knows how much. The company is free to call ALL of it sustainable, though. Book and Claim: All the company has to do is support sustainable palm oil, not actually use it! RSPO is heavily criticized by environmental organizations. RSPO is not driving necessary change. Don’t trust this app. You should boycott all palm oil or just use palm oil certified by Palm Done Right, the palm oil strictest certification system.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Palm Oil Scanner app has been quite useful in helping me decide products to buy. I’ve even stopped buying some items learning that the manufacturer doesn’t care about the environment nor animals nor the rain forest. If we don’t start caring, who will?

I love the idea of this app but it’s not quite finished. It needs a redesign (it looks like it was designed for iOS 6) and the lists feel incomplete.

My boy maverick showed me this

If you browse the app’s links there’s no way to get back to the app’s Home Screen where the scanner is. I don’t see where this app is expressing any affiliation to POIG chartered RSPO palm oil, which is important!