PAYWALL.- The West has launched a veritable war against palm oil. Although the aim of this unscrupulous attack is commercial, its implications are both economic and social. Despite the instigators being clearly identifiable, palm oil has fallen prey to what in Italy is usually referred to as the Artichoke Strategy: there is no real heart, but […]
For the last years, the world’s major food wholesalers (10 mega-groups) have been pushing for the EU Commission and Parliament to adopt a directive that obliges all member states to adopt the nutritional traffic light system. It would be a real threat for citizen’s right to be correctly informed. Our freedom of choice is being […]
Numbers are clear, the food chain is a colander. Every year, about a third of the world food production for human consumption is lost or wasted along the chain – about 1.6 billion tons of food. Food waste has an enormous environmental impact. But action plans to reduce and recover non-viable food products in Europe are being […]
The indiscriminate use of the “palm oil free” claim, that appears on the packaging of food products, risks fooling citizen consumers into making the wrong choices. A comparative analysis of the nutritional values appearing on the packaging of 60 products demonstrates that “palm oil free” product labels do not match lower levels of saturated fats. Palm oil […]
What if the European Commission, besides regularizing a good part of your life, also told you what you should buy and what not, what to enjoy and what you have to avoid. Can you do it? Because we can’t: just the thought of that is rather distressing. Anyway, often reality overcomes imagination. This is what […]
Every year corruption sends more than $ 2 trillion in smoke, according to an OECD study. Yet international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, who should not miss this deficit, not only seem to be unaware of anything, but they continue to fill the cash of corrupt states with loans […]
In recent years, the national and international scene was dominated by unjustified attacks against palm oil. This smear campaign caused several changes in the formula of many food products. One of the main issue was the refining process of raw palm oil that could lead to the formation of contaminants. However, a new study confirms […]
ForFreeChoice calls EU Commission and Institutions to stop the Italian discrimination of foreign wheat. It is a violation of free trade principle and fair competition. Last August the Italian government passed a bill that introduced the obligation to indicate the origin of wheat on pasta labels. Minister Carlo Calenda (Economic Development) and Minister Maurizio Martina […]
In September 2016, WWF Germany’s launched the study “Palm Oil Report Germany: Searching for Alternatives”, which points out that replacing palm oil with other oils is not a solution for environmental degradation. The study states that replacing palm oil with other vegetable oils, especially soy or coconut ones, requires more land. Thus, it would produce a […]
In late July, the Marche Regional Council approved the 2017-2019 Public Education Plan. The plan included a recommendation, promoted by the Italian populist party Movimento 5 Stelle, that aims at banning palm oil from public schools and replacing it with other ingredients. FFC promptly reacted to the proposal and provided Regional Councilors with scientific evidences […]