Mars: Now with added meat
Mars – now with added rennet scraped from the lining of a new-born calf’s stomach: Mars add a bit of cow meat to Mars, Galaxy, Snickers, Twix, Maltesers, Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way in the UK. One way of getting me to eat less chocolate, I guess.
Update: Mars have announced that they’re reverting back to the recipe without animal-based rennet but cannot guarantee that their products on the shelves don’t contain meat byproducts. Check here for details on which Mars products are suitable for vegetarians, or will be after the sell-by dates specified.
Pip Spratt May 14th, 2007 6:29 pm
Jez! When did they do that and why??!!!?
Trevor May 15th, 2007 12:25 pm
Weird, isn’t it? Needlessly restricting your market (and then not telling anyone!)
jodi May 16th, 2007 2:40 pm
aye. i saw that in retail week – i’m wondering if its because its cheap that they are going to use it. plus there is a texture issue.
just great though – more yummy things i’ll not be able to eat!