Mars, Twix, Snickers and Maltesers no longer OK for vegetarians

Overheal · 08-12-2007 03:43PM #1

Popular chocolate bars Mars, Bounty, Milky Way, Snickers and Twix, as well as Minstrels, Maltesers choclate sweets, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians, because Masterfoods the company who make the products, said it had started to use rennet, which comes from the stomachs of calves.

Masterfoods say this has happened because they changed the sourcing of the ingredients used, however, the Vegetarian Society said the move was "incomprehensible" and that they are "extremely disappointed" by this news.

Masterfoods admit they began using rennet from 1 May 2007, and non-affected products had a "best before date" up to 1 October.

Rennet, which curdles milk, is used in the production of whey, and the ice cream versions of all Masterfoods' chocolate bars will also no longer be suitable for vegetarians.

Paul Goalby, corporate affairs manager of Masterfoods is reported to have said: "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."

.....................why?

omg Mr. Goalby has as much sense as the Sony PR that accused Wii of being a novelty item.

MagicMarker · 08-12-2007 03:44PM

Overheal wrote: »

.....................why?

Because vegetarians are a shower of bastards who don't deserve choclatey goodness. I for one, spit in their general direction.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 08-12-2007 03:45PM

oh well

monkeyfudge · 08-12-2007 03:45PM

Red smarties have insects in them... don't they?

Ruu_Old · 08-12-2007 03:47PM

Smarties have ants blood under the hard shell.

watna · 08-12-2007 03:50PM

Ruu wrote: »

Smarties have ants blood under the hard shell.

and the blue ones get their colour from crushed beetle shells!

I am also not a big fan of vegetarians. Bring on the meat!

Tar.Aldarion · 08-12-2007 03:56PM

Overheal wrote: »

.....................why?

omg Mr. Goalby has as much sense as the Sony PR that accused Wii of being a novelty item.

Hey, this is no longer the case, they changed them to be no longer vegetarian, we dealt with them, a few weeks later they were back to being vegetarian.

bbc wrote:

Mars said it became "very clear, very quickly" that it had made a mistake.

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

Yes, smarties, M&Ms etc have crushed insects in the them.

Chiaki · 08-12-2007 03:58PM

im not a vegetarian/vegan. i love meat esp good steak but to be fair, i would like to be informed when im eating cow stomach?! its basically tripe being added to it

Guy:Incognito · 08-12-2007 04:09PM

Meat ftw.

Jim · 08-12-2007 04:12PM

Yea, this is fairly old, they changed their policy back but batches of the chocolate up to a certain date had the ingredient in them. All should be ok now.

Crushed beetle shell in Danone Actimel!

Kold · 08-12-2007 04:21PM

Haha, I'm gonna offer so many vegetarians a minstrel on Monday.

thefinalstage · 08-12-2007 04:42PM

Kold wrote: »

Haha, I'm gonna offer so many vegetarians a minstrel on Monday.

Beatings will be forced on you.

super_furry · 08-12-2007 04:43PM

If we were supposed to be vegitarians, aniamls wouldn't taste so good.

boneless · 08-12-2007 04:49PM

The cows and sheep I eat are vegitarians!! That's enough for me.:p

johnny_ultimate · 08-12-2007 04:54PM

Man = Omnivore

I for one am disgusted these chocolate bars will not be containing any meat. IMO all food should have at least 50% meat content, vegetables in particular.

emeraldstar · 08-12-2007 04:55PM

Kold wrote: »

Haha, I'm gonna offer so many vegetarians a minstrel on Monday.

Didn't you read the thread?

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 08-12-2007 04:56PM

Chiaki wrote: »

im not a vegetarian/vegan. i love meat esp good steak but to be fair, i would like to be informed when im eating cow stomach?! its basically tripe being added to it

Rennet is a bacterial culture used to make more or less all forms of cheese

pretty-in-pink · 08-12-2007 05:17PM

Red lipstick also has crushed beetles in it- saw a factory where its made. Also the pink bit of a battenburg cake is coloured from some sort of crushed bug.

Venom · 08-12-2007 05:21PM

Seemed like an insane thing for Masterfoods to do tho. Driving away customers is just bad business sense as lost income from veggies has to outway the extra cost in sourcing a supplier that is veggie friendly.

Jim · 08-12-2007 05:23PM

People need to read the thread.

Guy:Incognito · 08-12-2007 05:36PM

Is there any food that doesnt have crushed betles in it? They must be the tastiest thing on the planet.:D

Genghiz Cohen · 08-12-2007 05:44PM

I think we all need to get some of these shirts.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 08-12-2007 05:45PM

hahahaha

awesome, there's my christmas present to myself

Overheal · 08-12-2007 05:51PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

I think we all need to get some of these shirts.

We have a winner! Nice Ghengiz!

Gauge · 08-12-2007 07:26PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

I think we all need to get some of these shirts.

Oh my God, how original.:rolleyes:

Tar.Aldarion · 08-12-2007 10:08PM

Sean_K wrote: »

Rennet is a bacterial culture used to make more or less all forms of cheese

There are severl different types, I eat vegetarian rennet for example.

That t-shirt is as old as the internet.

beaushalloe · 09-12-2007 12:03AM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Because vegetarians are a shower of bastards who don't deserve choclatey goodness. I for one, spit in their general direction.

each to their own dont ya think?

they dont 'spit' at you for eating dead animals

Terry · 09-12-2007 12:08AM

I once ate a vegetarian chick out.
Tasted like chicken flavoured tofu.

thefinalstage · 09-12-2007 12:59AM

Terry wrote: »

I once ate a vegetarian chick out.
Tasted like chicken flavoured tofu.

Em, yeah.... What breed of chicken was it?

Dun laoire · 09-12-2007 01:06AM

I guess it's just as well i like eating dead animal

Tar.Aldarion · 09-12-2007 11:30AM

I'd eat human if I could get my hands on it, hard enough this time of year.

Mars, Twix, Snickers and Maltesers no longer OK for vegetarians

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