LET US EAT OUR CHOCOLATE

As many of you may have heard that on May 14 2007, Master Foods announced that the chocolates that they manufacture are no longer suitable for vegetarians. This is the article that was published by the Times Newspaper “A chocolate manufacturer has denied vegetarians Mars Bars, Bounty, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Maltesers and Minstrels by including animal products in its recipes.

Masterfoods now uses whey, which includes rennet, obtained from animals’ stomachs. The Grocer magazine said that it had seen a letter to a consumer from Masterfoods, which explained that because of a change in the ingredients used in its chocolate recipes from May 1, many of its products now contain whey.

A spokesman for the Vegetarian Society said: “There are about three million vegetarians in the UK, which is a significant part of the UK market. It is very disappointing that Masterfoods products are no longer vegetarian-friendly.” Such products with a best-before date of up to October 1 are still suitable for vegetarians.
Times Newspaper – 14th may 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article1784882.ece

I have been in contact with the consumer relations department and they have advised me that if there is enough public response then they will consider changing back to using vegetarian rennet.

I urge everybody to sign this petition by 25th May 2007 so that I can send the petition off and we can get back to eating our chocolates again.