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Ice Cream

The Guide > Food & Drink > Frozen Food > Ice Cream 

    Industry Alert: Palm Oil

Bobby Calves

In order to produce milk, dairy cows have to give birth to a calf every year. Most baby ('bobby') calves are separated from their mothers within 12 hours of birth. Every year 700,000 calves as young as five days old are sold, to be killed and processed as young veal for human consumption, hides for leather and pharmaceutical by-products.  [Animals Australia]
  • Media on RSPCA's campaigning against an industry proposal to let calves heading for slaughter go unfed as a cost cutting means.   [Sydney Morning Herald]
  • See why we haven't included Bobby Calves as an 'Industry Alert'.   [FAQ]
  • Consider reducing or removing dairy from your diet   [Product alternatives]
  • Find out more about this.   [RSPCA's 'What happens to Bobby calves']
  • Choose products from companies that have animal welfare on their agenda, such as Elgaar Farms, Barambah Organics or How Now.  [Elgaar Farms]

Palm Oil

Palm oil is found in roughly 50 per cent of all packaged products on supermarket shelves including shampoos, baking oil, chocolate, cosmetics, chips, cookies, margarine and soaps.

Unfortunately, not only does palm oil promote heart disease, but the vast plantations that grow oil palm trees have contributed to the destruction of the rainforest of South East Asia and threaten the survival of animals such as the Orangutan in Borneo, the Sumatran tiger, and Asian rhinoceros. Additionally, burning after deforestation accounts for significant greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this, it has recently been deemed a potential saviour as a renewable resource for use as a biofuel.
  • Palm oil may be in a product but labelled simply as 'vegetable oil'. An indicator however is if the nutritional panel lists saturated fat and it's higher than 50%, and yet there no animal fat listed as an ingredient, there is likely to be palm kernel oil, palm oil or coconut oil, as a component of 'vegetable oil' (most likely to be palm). See the various names for palm oil  [Palm Oil Investigations]
  • For a list of branded products that do not contain palm oil, see the 'Helping you buy responsibly' section on the Borneo Orangutan Survival website.  [Borneo Orangutan Survival]
  • Check out the Issues section of our website for more about palm oil  [ethical.org.au/issues]

Alternatives beyond the mainstream

Golden North Ice Cream  [more info]
Features: Palm oil free; Australian owned and made
South Australian made and owned and have been producing ice cream in Laura, South Australia for the past 90 years.
Manufacturer: Golden North Ice Cream
Home Ice Cream  [more info]
Features: Australian made and owned
Australian made (Brisbane), Australian owned company. Home delivery, franchising, online ordering, natural colours.
Manufacturer: Home Ice Cream
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BRAND COMPANY OWNED RATING
Bulla  Bulla Dairy Foods   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Choc Top  Bulla Dairy Foods   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Homer Hudson  Bulla Dairy Foods  
Brand Owner: Monkeys and Maud  
Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
COYO certified organic certified organic COYO   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Golden North palm oil free palm oil free Golden North   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Maggie Beer  Maggie Beer   (Maggie Beer Holdings) Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Hinterland  Norco   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Norco  Norco   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Pana Organic certified organic certified organic Pana Organic   Australian Owned  Some praise, no criticism2
Dairy Bell  Dairy Bell Ice Cream   (Bon Appetit) Australian Owned  No rating3
Denada  Denada   Australian Owned  No rating3
Everest  Everest   (Allegro) Australian Owned  No rating3
Gelativo  Gelativo   Australian Owned  No rating3
Sara Lee  Sara Lee Australia   (South Island Office) NZL  No rating3
New Zealand Natural  Walter & Wild   NZL  No rating3
So Good  Sanitarium   (Adventist Church SP) Australian Owned  Praises, some criticism4
Milfina  Aldi Australia   (Aldi South) GER  Praises, some criticism4
Monarc  Aldi Australia   (Aldi South) GER  Praises, some criticism4
Yippee  Aldi Australia   (Aldi South) GER  Praises, some criticism4
Haagen-Dazs  General Mills Australia   (General Mills) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Bounty  Mars Australia   (Mars) USA  Praises, some criticism4
M&M's  Mars Australia   (Mars) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Mars  Mars Australia   (Mars) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Snickers  Mars Australia   (Mars) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Twix  Mars Australia   (Mars) USA  Praises, some criticism4
Ben & Jerry's some products certified Fairtrade some products certified Fairtrade Unilever Australia   (Unilever) UK  Praises, some criticism4
Blue Ribbon  Unilever Australia   (Unilever) UK  Praises, some criticism4
Magnum Rainforest Alliance certified Rainforest Alliance certified Unilever Australia   (Unilever) UK  Praises, some criticism4
Paddle Pop  Unilever Australia   (Unilever) UK  Praises, some criticism4
Streets  Unilever Australia   (Unilever) UK  Praises, some criticism4
Weis  Unilever Australia   (Unilever) UK  Praises, some criticism4
a2  A2 Australia   (A2 Milk Company) NZL  Criticism, some praise5
Cadbury  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri)
Brand Owner: Mondelez Australia  
UK  Criticisms6
Connoisser  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6
Drumstick  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6
Heaven  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6
Maxibon  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6
Milo  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6
Peters  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6
Skinny Cow  Peters Ice Cream   (Froneri) UK  Criticisms6



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