Generic environmental claim
palmölfrei
Soggetto a provaAffermazioni ambientali generiche ammesse solo con prova riconosciuta.
What does “palmölfrei” mean?
The claim advertises that a product contains no palm oil and implies an environmental benefit. It is only permissible with concrete, verifiable evidence; it becomes especially misleading where palm oil is absent from comparable products anyway or is untypical for the product group. Without this context the notice can suggest an advantage that does not exist.
Why this term is risky
Free-of claims are misleading where the named substance is not present in comparable products anyway or is already legally banned – this suggests an advantage that every product in the category shares. Such claims remain permissible only where the absence is genuinely relevant and can be substantiated.
Legal basis
Anhang I Nr. 10a UGP-RL i.d.F. EmpCo (EU) 2024/825 (Frei-von-Aussage) / § 5 UWG
The stated legal basis is an assessment, not a conclusively reviewed legal opinion and not individual legal advice.
Detected spellings & languages
- palmölfrei
- palmöl frei
- palmöl-frei
- ohne palmöl
- palm oil free
- palm-oil-free
- without palm oil
- sin aceite de palma
- sans huile de palme
- senza olio di palma
- palmolievrij
The scanner detects these and further variants across languages in sentence context.