Originally Posted by Spooky Potatoes

^ Well, not animal testing, but Nestle was/is accused of buying cocoa from slave plantations.

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Uh-oh..Nestlé are considered to be the least ethical chocolate company around.

That's how it appears to me. From what I can see, If you boycott any one company, it's got to be Nestlé. Pity they seem to own half the world!



That does tend to be more for human rights reasons though.

Originally Posted by WildHearted

They've been accused of several other human rights violations (basically, they're hideously unfairtrade) and for unethical environmental practises too. And look at what they own! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarel

It's frightening.

Originally Posted by BostonSG

I thankfully since birth never liked chocolate

Friends and i on halloween last year went around with flyers giving them to trick or treaters about Marscandy. hahaha

Every time i am out with friends i try and convince them not to buy anything from them, although it does suck about starburst, i still have cravings for them but dont give in

Originally Posted by WildHearted

They also own myriad lines of products which are nothing to do with chocolate or sweets, such as Uncle Ben's Rice. You have to be careful!

Originally Posted by BostonSG

Dont worry i check all products to see if they are owned by mars or whatnot, plus i have never heard of Uncle bens rice before so i think im safe, thanks for heads up though

Originally Posted by WildHearted

They own lots of lines I'd never heard of. Some are available in some countries but not others, some are under different names depending on the country.

I was just pointing out that there's that danger even with things you'd never even consider being owned by a company like Mars so probably wouldn't be inclined to check.

I did check an Uncle Ben's rice packet the other day, and at the bottom of the packet in tiny print among lots of other words/ codes, there is the word MARS.