Sunday 13 May 2007

Vegetarians - Boycott Mars!

Oh dear - Profit is king!
A Mars a day? Not if you're vegetarian
Chocolate lovers who are also vegetarians are facing a stark choice: either give up Mars bars or break their meat-free vows.
And it's not only the Mars bar they will have to avoid - a recipe change means Snickers, Galaxy, Twix, Bounty, Milky Way, Maltesers and Minstrels also now contain animal products.

Cadbury's chocolate is suitable for vegetarians, looks like all ny business will be going there in the future.

The decision by manufacturer Masterfoods, which makes three million Mars bars a day in Slough, Berkshire, has prompted a backlash from vegetarian groups.
The Vegetarian Society said it hoped Masterfoods would think again. A spokesman said: "We are very disappointed.
"For some incomprehensible reason they are using animal products when all these items have previously been produced using vegetarian alternatives.
"There are about three million vegetarians in the UK. Some are less careful than others but we no longer consider these Mars products to be vegetarian. We hope the company will reconsider this move."
Since the beginning of May, the confectioner has been using rennet - a substance extracted from the stomachs of slaughtered newly-born calves - to produce the whey it needs for its products.
Prior to May, it had been using a readily available vegetarian alternative to rennet.
Paul Goalby, Masterfoods' corporate affairs manager, said: "Since changing the sourcing of our ingredients we are no longer able to ensure our chocolate will be animal rennet-free.

Vegetarians would be well advised to check all of Mars' products such as stir fry sauces etc or just boycott them to be on the safe side.

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