Mars starts using animal products

[Hamid]

Mars starts using animal products

Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6653175.stm

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[JustME]

Mars starts using animal products

Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians.



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i have same question...


Mars starts using animal products

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42921000/jpg/_42921065_mars203pa.jpg Masterfoods' brands are household names

Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians.
Also affecting brands such as Snickers and Maltesers, owner Masterfoods said it had started to use animal product rennet to make its chocolate products.
Masterfoods said the change was due to it switching the sourcing of its ingredients and the admission was a "principled decision" on its part.
The Vegetarian Society said the company's move was "incomprehensible".
'Extremely disappointed'
Masterfoods said it had started using rennet from 1 May and non-affected products had a "best before date" up to 1 October.
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Vegetarian Society


Rennet, a chemical sourced from calves' stomachs, is used in the production of whey.
It will now also be found in Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way products, and the ice cream versions of all Masterfoods' bars.
"If the customer is an extremely strict vegetarian, then we are sorry the products are no longer suitable, but a less strict vegetarian should enjoy our chocolate," said Paul Goalby, corporate affairs manager for Masterfoods.
The Vegetarian Society said it was "extremely disappointed". "At a time when more and more consumers are concerned about the provenance of their food, Masterfoods' decision to use non-vegetarian whey is a backward step," it said in a statement. "Mars products are very popular with young people and many will be shocked to discover that their manufacture now relies on the extraction of rennet from the stomach lining of young calves," it added.




Vopros opyattaki takov, diete bez shekoladok i sladostey;)?????

[lyalyapo]

i have same question...


Mars starts using animal products

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42921000/jpg/_42921065_mars203pa.jpg Masterfoods' brands are household names

Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians.
Also affecting brands such as Snickers and Maltesers, owner Masterfoods said it had started to use animal product rennet to make its chocolate products.
Masterfoods said the change was due to it switching the sourcing of its ingredients and the admission was a "principled decision" on its part.
The Vegetarian Society said the company's move was "incomprehensible".
'Extremely disappointed'
Masterfoods said it had started using rennet from 1 May and non-affected products had a "best before date" up to 1 October.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gifhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif Masterfoods' decision to use non-vegetarian whey is a backward step http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif


Vegetarian Society


Rennet, a chemical sourced from calves' stomachs, is used in the production of whey.
It will now also be found in Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way products, and the ice cream versions of all Masterfoods' bars.
"If the customer is an extremely strict vegetarian, then we are sorry the products are no longer suitable, but a less strict vegetarian should enjoy our chocolate," said Paul Goalby, corporate affairs manager for Masterfoods.
The Vegetarian Society said it was "extremely disappointed". "At a time when more and more consumers are concerned about the provenance of their food, Masterfoods' decision to use non-vegetarian whey is a backward step," it said in a statement. "Mars products are very popular with young people and many will be shocked to discover that their manufacture now relies on the extraction of rennet from the stomach lining of young calves," it added.




Vopros opyattaki takov, diete bez shekoladok i sladostey;)?????

http://forum.arbuz.com/showthread.php?t=38394
They are suitable for vegetarians again :)

[JustME]

soo, if it is only for vegeterians, how ab us???

Chocolates made by Masterfoods (Mars, Snickers, Twix, Maltesers, Bounty, ice-creams etc)are not suitable for vegetarians any more and therefore are not halal for us.

[infolife]

soo, if it is only for vegeterians, how ab us???

Chocolates made by Masterfoods (Mars, Snickers, Twix, Maltesers, Bounty, ice-creams etc)are not suitable for vegetarians any more and therefore are not halal for us.

what do you mean "how ab us?"

they are all still suitable for vegetarians and have no alcohol.so all of the above are halal

[JustME]

what do you mean "how ab us?"

they are all still suitable for vegetarians and have no alcohol.so all of the above are halal
but the reason not about alcohol, how about the animal product?

[lyalyapo]

but the reason not about alcohol, how about the animal product?
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After successful campaigns via e-mail, phone and petitions Masterfoods has now officially announced it will reinstate the Vegetarian status on their chocolate brands

Sunday 20th May 2007: - Masterfoods has abandoned plans to use animal products in its chocolate, and has apologised to "upset" vegetarians.

The Vegetarian Society organised a campaign against the move, asking members to voice their concerns to parent company Masterfoods.

In just one week, more than 6,000 people bombarded the company, which produces the Mars, Snickers, Maltesers and Galaxy brands, with phone and e-mail complaints.

Forty MPs also signed a petition to voice their opposition.

Fiona Dawson, managing director of Mars UK, said the company had listened to customers and decided to reverse its decision.

[Abu-Hafiza]

justME

I think you have missed some articles in between. Masterfoods first announced that they will start using non vegeterian rennent which is obtained from animals, making its products both non vegetarian and non halal. Once this was announthed, the vegeterian activists, societies, some members of parliament etc started to protest about the desision. Bowing down to protests, Masterfoods backed off the idea and now it has desided that it wont use any animal extracts in its products, so it still remains vegeterian AND halal. There are two news because of that, the first announcing that it will be non vegeterian and the second news announcing that it finally desided not to use rennet.

I hope this clarefies the issue