Palm oil is a versatile vegetable oil that’s ubiquitous in cosmetics and personal care products as well as packaged foods, cleaning products, and even biofuel. Palm oil is cheap and comes from a highly efficient oil palm crop that produces generous yields, year-round, with relatively little land. Yet, it can be horribly unsustainable. This post provides a breakdown of concerns surrounding the omnipresent ingredient and the efforts being made to make it sustainable.