article_snippet: The free app - developed by the not-for-profit over the past 12 months - will inform consumers about the palm oil content of the products available on supermarket shelves. '
article_snippet: their company know you are soon to release a phone app about products with palm oil in,' the harrowing letter on Tuesday began. '
article_snippet: The threats came a day ahead of the release of the POI app, which aims to inform consumers about the palm oil content of the products consumers consume .
article_snippet: A controversial ingredient in recent years, palm oil is used in a large amount of products found on supermarket shelves, from foods to beauty and cleaning products.
article_snippet: Harvesting the crops from which palm oil comes from is not the issue at the centre of the debate, rather the uncertified and dangerous ways the resource is being collected and sold.
highlights_snippet: It  tells consumers whether a product contains palm oil .