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In today’s episode, we talk Author, Speaker and the founder and president of the Orangutan Project, Leif Cocks. He and his team are working to ensure the compassion, freedom and protection for Critically Endangered Orangutans.   Palm oil is one of the main causes for destroying the forest, driving the Orangutan number down even further. We would be able to help the Orangutans by driving down the demand for Palm oil and refusing to purchase products containing Palm oil. Below are some of the names that are used to hide palm oil in our ingredients. PKO – Palm Kernel Oil  PKO fractionations: Palm Kernel Stearin (PKs); Palm Kernel Olein (PKOo)  PHPKO – Partially hydrogenated Palm Oil  FP(K)O – Fractionated Palm Oil  OPKO – Organic Palm Kernel Oil  Palmitate – Vitamin A or Asorbyl Palmitate (NOTE: Vitamin A Palmitate is a very common ingredient in breakfast cereals and we have confirmed 100% of the samples we’ve investigated to be derived from palm oil)  Palmate  Sodium Laureth Sulphate (Can also be from coconut)  Sodium Lauryl Sulphates (can also be from ricinus oil)  Sodium dodecyl Sulphate (SDS or NaDS)  Elaeis Guineensis  Glyceryl Stearate  Stearic Acid  Chemicals which contain palm oil  Steareth -2  Steareth -20  Sodium Lauryl Sulphate  Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate (coconut and/or palm)  Hydrated palm glycerides  Sodium isostearoyl lactylaye (derived from vegetable stearic acid)  Cetyl palmitate and octyl palmitate (names with palmitate at the end are usually derived from palm oil, but as in the case of Vitamin A Palmitate, very rarely a company will use a different vegetable oil)  Where can people find Leif? Support The Orangutan Project  (https://www.orangutan.org.au/donate/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/theorangutanproject) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/theorangutanproject) Twitter (https://twitter.com/OrangutanTOP) Website (https://www.orangutan.org.au/) Key Take Away“If we don’t act now there might not be any Orangutans left to protect”