Palm oil

Palm oil is a very productive, neutral-tasting oil that optimally develops and preserves the taste of the crunchy Kölln mueslis.

We recognise that, alongside all the benefits that palm oil has for food production, there are a number of challenges associated with this ingredient and see sustainable oil palm cultivation as an answer to this. We have been a member of RSPO, the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil, since 2011. 

In 2013 we switched to more sustainable, RSPO-certified palm oil and have continuously developed this policy further. Since 2014, all crunchy Kölln mueslis have contained RSPO-certified palm oil according to the “Segregated” supply chain model. RSPO certified sustainable palm oil has been produced according to strict environmental and social criteria and kept separate from other oil palm products throughout the supply chain. www.rspo.org

Through our membership in the Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil (FONAP), we exert further influence on improving palm oil cultivation. In addition, Peter Kölln has been investing in the MARIPOSA Fund since 2020 and uses palm oil for its crunchy mueslis that comes largely from a supplier committed to the MARIPOSA initiative. In this way, we contribute to promoting palm oil cultivation on small farms in Latin America.

Good to know

Oil palms are the most important supplier of vegetable oil worldwide. As a high-yield raw material, palm oil has a high economic relevance in the countries where it is grown; Indonesia and Malaysia produce around 85 % of all palm oil.

Palm oil is indispensable as a raw material for many reasons: At 4 to 6 tons of oil/ha, the yield of oil palm is 3-6 times higher than other vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil (800 and 1500 kg oil/ha) or sunflower oil (800 kg oil/ha). Oil palms have by far the best ratio of space requirements to yield. In addition, the cultivation of oil palm secures the livelihood of many small-scale farming families. That's why we strive to support those responsible in the major producing countries in the long-term, responsible production of palm oil.