Synthetic palm oil could significantly reduce deforestation

Palm oil is a common ingredient in far more packaged foods than you may think. Globally, 82 million US tons of palm oil are consumed annually. Unfortunately, it’s also responsible for some of the most destructive deforestation in rainforests around the world. The biotech industry thinks it may have found a solution to replacing this unsustainable ingredient with a synthetic alternative.  

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