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Dimi, WWF put together some good stuff on the subject here http://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/
You can find information on manufacturers and the percentage of their products that use sustainable palm.
Any other crop will mean more land is required for the same amount of oil, given palm oil’s high yield versus alternatives. So it’s the right product in many people’s opinion, but it’s the unsustainable nature in which it’s farmed that is the issue.
Edit: I’m not saying that our reliance on palm oil is okay.