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By Jolinda Hackett, About.com Guide to Vegetarian Food

Mars Candybars No Longer Suitable for Vegetarians in the UK

Important update!!! Please see the update to this story here.

As of this past May 1, Mars brand candy bars are no longer suitable for vegetarians. The affected brands, which include chocolate and ice cream versions of Snickers, Bounty, Milky Way and more, now contain rennet, a product obtained by extracting the stomach lining of calves.

This news comes on the heels of an announcement by the United States Food and Drug Administration that there is a move underfoot to change the "standard of identity" for chocolate, allowing food additives such as hydrogenated fats and other distinctly non-chocolate ingredients to be included in a product that can still be called chocolate.

What does this all mean? If you're in the UK, it means that grabbing a quick chocolate treat may mean compromising your vegetarian values and, if you're in the US, it means that in the near future, chocolate manufacturers will be offering an inferior product, which you will likely be paying the same price for.

Link: Mars starts using animal products
Link: S.O.S. Save Our Sweets!

Tuesday May 15, 2007 | comments (5)

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