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Case study: rapeseed oil in the Netherlands. | Case study: rapeseed oil in the Netherlands. | ||
<i>Better for the environment to buy conventional than organic oil in the Netherlands!</i> | |||
== Polluting organic oil produced in NL == | |||
The rapeseed oil from [https://ekoland.eu/assortiment/koolzaadolie/ Ekoland] (a dutch oil manufacturer sold in [[Ekoplaza|EkoPlaza]] shops and online) is said to be produced a 100% in the Netherlands with organic rapeseed. No counter indication, the label indicates BIO-NL. However, if you contact them by twitter, the company will actually notify you that the rapeseed comes from Romania, thus 2200 kms away, and then pressed in the Netherlands. The oil costs 3,80€ for 1L , which means that to get such a low price, the company needs to produce a very large amount of oil, thus multiplying the back and forth of trucks from Romania to the NL. The CO2 print is therefore exponential. | The rapeseed oil from [https://ekoland.eu/assortiment/koolzaadolie/ Ekoland] (a dutch oil manufacturer sold in [[Ekoplaza|EkoPlaza]] shops and online) is said to be produced a 100% in the Netherlands with organic rapeseed. No counter indication, the label indicates BIO-NL. However, if you contact them by twitter, the company will actually notify you that the rapeseed comes from Romania, thus 2200 kms away, and then pressed in the Netherlands. The oil costs 3,80€ for 1L , which means that to get such a low price, the company needs to produce a very large amount of oil, thus multiplying the back and forth of trucks from Romania to the NL. The CO2 print is therefore exponential. | ||
This goes for all the brands available in organic supermarkets in the Netherlands (we checked!). | This goes for all the brands available in organic supermarkets in the Netherlands (we checked!). | ||
== Cutting down transport by 20 with conventional oil from NL == | |||
However, if you contact [https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi212707/hollands-goud-koolzaadolie-bak-en-braad?ds_kid=58700003793880978&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsZ3kBRCnARIsAIuAV_SU3AIe7rJMGxcuj-cR7HGPTWVxjBCphrFx1eEU2DoZW7jcfsw-9KMaAlvMEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds/ Brassica], the biggest non-organic rapeseed oil manufacturer in the Netherlands, sold in every Albert Heijn supermarket, they will notify you that their seeds are coming from the North Holland region and pressed in their factory: less than a 100km away. | However, if you contact [https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi212707/hollands-goud-koolzaadolie-bak-en-braad?ds_kid=58700003793880978&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsZ3kBRCnARIsAIuAV_SU3AIe7rJMGxcuj-cR7HGPTWVxjBCphrFx1eEU2DoZW7jcfsw-9KMaAlvMEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds/ Brassica], the biggest non-organic rapeseed oil manufacturer in the Netherlands, sold in every Albert Heijn supermarket, they will notify you that their seeds are coming from the North Holland region and pressed in their factory: less than a 100km away. | ||
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This is of course low quality oil, so let’s find a middle ground. | This is of course low quality oil, so let’s find a middle ground. | ||
== Importing french organic oil to NL, cutting down transport by 4 == | |||
France being one of the main grower of rapeseed, we went on a hunt to find an organic oil produced with french organic rapeseed. After dozens of phone calls we found only one company (only one) producing oil with french organic rapeseed: “[http://www.ethiquable.coop/fiche-produit-equitable-et-bio/huile-vierge-colza-bretagne-paysans-dici/ Les Greniers Bio d'Armorique]”. The distance from this french factory to the NL is more or less: 520kms. | France being one of the main grower of rapeseed, we went on a hunt to find an organic oil produced with french organic rapeseed. After dozens of phone calls we found only one company (only one) producing oil with french organic rapeseed: “[http://www.ethiquable.coop/fiche-produit-equitable-et-bio/huile-vierge-colza-bretagne-paysans-dici/ Les Greniers Bio d'Armorique]”. The distance from this french factory to the NL is more or less: 520kms. | ||