Snickers and others to contain animal products

avian chaos · 05-19-2007, 11:27 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1774

Vegetarians plan to boycott Mars bars after their recipe changed to ******* animal products.

Other big brands from the same company -including Snickers, Galaxy, Twix, Bounty, Milky Way, Maltesers and Minstrels - are also affected.

From this month, chocolate manufacturer Masterfoods has started using rennet - an enzyme taken from the stomachs of newborn calves - to make whey for its products.

It had previously been relying on a readily available - but more expensive - vegetarian alternative to rennet.

The firm makes three million Mars bars a day in its factory in Slough.

Vegetarian Society spokesman Liz O'Neill said: "People will not like the idea that you cannot make a Mars bar without killing a calf.

"We have had no good, clear answer from Masterfoods why they have to use animal products when all these items were previously produced using vegetarian alternatives.

"But we can no longer describe any of them as suitable for vegetarians."

Any bar with a 'best before' date after October 1 this year is now no longer classed as vegetarian.

The firm is offering a refund to anyone who has bought a bar but does not wish to eat it.

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I usually go for local chocolate anyway, but every once in awhile a Snickers can really hit the spot.

Xteenmachine · 05-19-2007, 11:28 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673549.stm

mybabemouth · 05-19-2007, 11:30 PM

I eat meat and that sounds disgusting! Animal by-products in my twix bar...wtf?

avian chaos · 05-19-2007, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xteenmachine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673549.stm

Thanks for that

Shapan · 05-19-2007, 11:34 PM

now ill buy a snickers with my next burger so i can take care of the entire family

SP4Me · 05-19-2007, 11:42 PM

That sounds gross! I know we all sorts of crazy things and that's fine, as long as I don't know about it!

unlachs · 05-19-2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xteenmachine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673549.stm

yeah that's kind of a relief in a way

i wonder what else a mars bar is made of?..........

avian chaos · 05-19-2007, 11:49 PM

You mean like those maggots in your Chef Boyardee's?

Anyway, everyone should click the link provided by Xteenmachine. Long story short: vegetarians boycotted, and they've revoked their plans. Snickers are still safe to eat! Hurrah.

avian chaos · 05-19-2007, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unlachs

yeah that's kind of a relief in a way

i wonder what else a mars bar is made of?..........

You know, there is such a thing as an ingredients list. They usually put these handy little things on the back of a product's packaging. You should check it out sometime.

Shapan · 05-19-2007, 11:52 PM

"ingredients: sugar, milk, food coloring, cow"

Trotskilicious · 05-19-2007, 11:55 PM

oh man when are they going to come out with a steakpop

avian chaos · 05-19-2007, 11:56 PM

I got your steakpop right here, Trotsky

05-19-2007, 11:56 PM

rennet is in so many kinds of cheese

Travis Meeks · 05-19-2007, 11:58 PM

it's about fucking time!

avian chaos · 05-19-2007, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graveflower

rennet is in so many kinds of cheese

Yeah, and salad dressings, pasta sauces, etc. They throw that shit around like it's confetti on New Year's Eve.

unlachs · 05-20-2007, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avian chaos

You know, there is such a thing as an ingredients list. They usually put these handy little things on the back of a product's packaging. You should check it out sometime.

the ingredients list on the back of my orange juice bottle says its made from 'reconsituted orange juice'

unfortunately they don't mention what they reconstitute it with........

Travis Meeks · 05-20-2007, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unlachs

the ingredients list on the back of my orange juice bottle says its made from 'reconsituted orange juice'

unfortunately they don't mention what they reconstitute it with........

usually semen from people who like orange juice with pulp

avian chaos · 05-20-2007, 12:08 AM

OJ with pulp. Blech!

Trotskilicious · 05-20-2007, 12:11 AM

man the picky princess over here

i like my oj grovestand, motherfuckerzzzzzzzzzz

avian chaos · 05-20-2007, 12:12 AM

Who me? Yeah right.

dean_r_koontz · 05-20-2007, 12:12 AM

it's just an enzyme that makes some reaction related to creating whey go faster, the actual enzyme is not IN the mars bar itself you stupid pricks.

dean_r_koontz · 05-20-2007, 12:14 AM

oh i didn't read the article. well you're all pricks anyway

avian chaos · 05-20-2007, 12:15 AM

Regardless, Dean, a lot of people are concerned with the means in which such an enzyme is attained.

kristin xp · 05-20-2007, 12:15 AM

so where do you go to find out if these products are actually from animals? i've never heard of rennet before, and if i saw it on an ingredients list i wouldn't think it was from an animal.

Travis Meeks · 05-20-2007, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristin xp

so where do you go to find out if these products are actually from animals?

in front of traffic

dean_r_koontz · 05-20-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avian chaos

Regardless, Dean, a lot of people are concerned with the means in which such an enzyme is attained.

yeah of course, i just got the impression that some people here thought that this meant that the mars bars contained bits of cow

avian chaos · 05-20-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis Meeks

in front of traffic

Kristin, I'm surprised you've never heard of rennet before. It's a really common ingredient in a lot of products. Some products will outright say rennet, but others will sometimes just say enzymes. The cheese I buy says "vegetable enzymes" on the ingredients, so I figure it's safe to say if it doesn't list "vegetable" paired with "enzymes," it's probably no good.

avian chaos · 05-20-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dean_r_koontz

yeah of course, i just got the impression that some people here thought that this meant that the mars bars contained bits of cow

Oh, I think those people were just taking the piss. Thanks for your concern, though.

dean_r_koontz · 05-20-2007, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SP4Me

That sounds gross! I know we all sorts of crazy things and that's fine, as long as I don't know about it!

oh i think you're really overestimating some things here avian chaos, but thanks for the concern

kristin xp · 05-20-2007, 12:20 AM

well i don't generally look on the back of packages very often, but there are plenty of ingredients that sound like they wouldn't come from animals that do. i was just wondering if there was literature or a website out there with some type of listing for this stuff. pretty slim pickings on junk food there.

05-19-2007, 11:27 PM	#1
avian chaos Braindead Location: Portland, OR Posts: 15,137	Snickers and others to contain animal products http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1774 Vegetarians plan to boycott Mars bars after their recipe changed to ******* animal products. Other big brands from the same company -including Snickers, Galaxy, Twix, Bounty, Milky Way, Maltesers and Minstrels - are also affected. From this month, chocolate manufacturer Masterfoods has started using rennet - an enzyme taken from the stomachs of newborn calves - to make whey for its products. It had previously been relying on a readily available - but more expensive - vegetarian alternative to rennet. The firm makes three million Mars bars a day in its factory in Slough. Vegetarian Society spokesman Liz O'Neill said: "People will not like the idea that you cannot make a Mars bar without killing a calf. "We have had no good, clear answer from Masterfoods why they have to use animal products when all these items were previously produced using vegetarian alternatives. "But we can no longer describe any of them as suitable for vegetarians." Any bar with a 'best before' date after October 1 this year is now no longer classed as vegetarian. The firm is offering a refund to anyone who has bought a bar but does not wish to eat it. -- I usually go for local chocolate anyway, but every once in awhile a Snickers can really hit the spot.

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05-19-2007, 11:28 PM	#2
Xteenmachine Ownz Location: the fissure of consciousness Posts: 819	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673549.stm

05-19-2007, 11:30 PM	#3
mybabemouth Pledge Location: Canade Posts: 58	I eat meat and that sounds disgusting! Animal by-products in my twix bar...wtf?

05-19-2007, 11:34 PM	#5
Shapan Socialphobic Location: intellectual hobo Posts: 11,798	now ill buy a snickers with my next burger so i can take care of the entire family

05-19-2007, 11:42 PM	#6
SP4Me Demi-God Location: PA Posts: 299	That sounds gross! I know we all sorts of crazy things and that's fine, as long as I don't know about it!

05-19-2007, 11:49 PM	#8
avian chaos Braindead Location: Portland, OR Posts: 15,137	You mean like those maggots in your Chef Boyardee's? Anyway, everyone should click the link provided by Xteenmachine. Long story short: vegetarians boycotted, and they've revoked their plans. Snickers are still safe to eat! Hurrah.

05-19-2007, 11:52 PM	#10
Shapan Socialphobic Location: intellectual hobo Posts: 11,798	"ingredients: sugar, milk, food coloring, cow"

05-19-2007, 11:55 PM	#11
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	oh man when are they going to come out with a steakpop

05-19-2007, 11:56 PM	#12
avian chaos Braindead Location: Portland, OR Posts: 15,137	I got your steakpop right here, Trotsky

05-19-2007, 11:56 PM	#13
MusicMan4 Posts: n/a	rennet is in so many kinds of cheese

05-19-2007, 11:58 PM	#14
Travis Meeks Rambling on Posts: 20,548	it's about fucking time!

05-20-2007, 12:08 AM	#18
avian chaos Braindead Location: Portland, OR Posts: 15,137	OJ with pulp. Blech!

05-20-2007, 12:11 AM	#19
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	man the picky princess over here i like my oj grovestand, motherfuckerzzzzzzzzzz

05-20-2007, 12:12 AM	#20
avian chaos Braindead Location: Portland, OR Posts: 15,137	Who me? Yeah right.

05-20-2007, 12:12 AM	#21
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	it's just an enzyme that makes some reaction related to creating whey go faster, the actual enzyme is not IN the mars bar itself you stupid pricks.

05-20-2007, 12:14 AM	#22
dean_r_koontz Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 12,657	oh i didn't read the article. well you're all pricks anyway

05-20-2007, 12:15 AM	#23
avian chaos Braindead Location: Portland, OR Posts: 15,137	Regardless, Dean, a lot of people are concerned with the means in which such an enzyme is attained.

05-20-2007, 12:15 AM	#24
kristin xp Minion of Satan Location: in nimrods heart Posts: 7,333	so where do you go to find out if these products are actually from animals? i've never heard of rennet before, and if i saw it on an ingredients list i wouldn't think it was from an animal.

05-20-2007, 12:20 AM	#30
kristin xp Minion of Satan Location: in nimrods heart Posts: 7,333	well i don't generally look on the back of packages very often, but there are plenty of ingredients that sound like they wouldn't come from animals that do. i was just wondering if there was literature or a website out there with some type of listing for this stuff. pretty slim pickings on junk food there.