The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has confirmed Premier Foods is sourcing 25% of its palm oil from fully traceable sources.

Premier buys the remaining 75% of its palm oil through the GreenPalm Programme, which ­rewards growers for following basic safeguards but does not ensure oil is from sustainable sources.

Premier intends to source all palm oil from RSPO-certified sources by 2015.

"We are on track to deliver this," said group head of corporate respon