Beware of Mars, Snickers and Twix chocolate

[iNF3RN0]

According to BBC, 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.

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.


Source: BBC NEWS

 

[JChang]

Holy Smokes... Thanks god i dont eat mars or any other mini bars.

 

[Conscript]

Is it halal ? If yes, then who cares. People eat cows brains and tongues.

 

[devilscallmedad]

who eats chocolates anyways

 

[Fahad007]

at least i eat chocolate don't know about others

 

[A.Rafay]

i think that chocolate won't be halal too bad i loved snickers

 

[iNF3RN0]

I don't like Mars nor Snickers! so I don't give a shit about it but as far as the halal or haram stuff concern they are using the animal fats which IMO are haram? *not sure*

 

[superlative56]

No It cant be I like These Chocolate . Mars Yummy , Snickers Crunchy , Twix crunchy chocolate coated wafers bar.

 

[Fahad007]

But we have Halal Foundation who control the Non Halal Food so any product from outside from PK they test and then it is possible to Sell or Distribute

 

[superlative56]

hahahah nice J/K who test its . I dont think so they test any imported Product.

 

[Conscript]

No cant live without chocolates. Melting. Need chocolates. Help.

 

[iNF3RN0]

^ hmm? there are plenty of other nice brands available for your pleasure man!

 

[Conscript]

Was joking Billy Bhai.

 

[Stuge]

who eats chocolates anyways

Even ,I eat Chocolates .Specially ,last year I ate about 3 kilos of Cooking chocolate in one week ..Yummy

 

[A.Rafay]

@inferno: other brands like what??? jubilee??? yuk.....

yes there are other brands but most of them are from foreign companies.... they are expensive too

 

[Farakh]

I use to work in a Masterfood chocolate factory, packing those bleeding chocolates, hated the sight of them, 12 hours shift. But its been 2 years I left the job. I eat them now, Mars and Snickers are not my cup of tea. I prefer Cadbury's over that junk.

And yes don't think it will make any difference what they use in their chocolates, no one is going look what's in it, no one does now, it have all those sugars, which is not good for kids or adults anyway, they still sell it, and millions of it.

 

[fady]

yea...no one gives damn care in pak for the ingredients..anywayz..if the animal fat is pigz then its haram...otherwise...not haram...other brands lyk kitkat and dairymilk..