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Originally Posted by Breezeaway

Something else Mars uses is Rennet from calfs stomach.
""15 January 2008 - When Mars in May of last year announced it would use animal rennet, a chemical from the stomach lining of calves, in some of its confectionery products, the company received a large amount of protest, and a few days later reversed its decision.
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FLEXNEWS in May reported that the ingredient change had prompted consumer group the Vegetarian Society to issue a statement in which it expressed its ‘extreme disappointment’.

Fiona Dawson, the managing director of the Mars snack business in Britain, said at the time: "The consumer is our boss and we had lots of feedback from consumers who were unhappy about the change. It became very clear, very quickly that we had made a mistake, for which I am sorry'.'

Eight months later, an investigation carried out by the Grocer magazine shows that rennet is still being used in at least three products: Twix, Milky Way and Celebrations.

Sue Taylor, from the Vegetarian Society, told a UK daily that the company needs to add vegetarian-friendly labels on its chocolate bars.

"It would be great if products were all correctly labelled. There simply isn't time to go to a website and look-up exactly what is in a brand, particularly for parents buying snacks for children”, said Mrs Taylor.

A spokesman for Mars UK also told the daily: "Mars' biggest brands - Mars, Snickers, Galaxy and Maltesers - are suitable for vegetarians and are labelled as such in accordance with guidelines from the Food Standards Agency. Twix, Milky Way and Celebrations are not as they are made using a different recipe. At no stage have we claimed that they are suitable for vegetarians or that they would be.''

I don't think I'll ever look at candy bars the same again.

Ewwwwwwww.