It's a sad time to be a vegetarian. Damn you mars for taking my favourite chocolate bar from me. If you do not know what I'm on about and you're vegetarian you should probably keep reading because it's really going to affect your future chocolate fixes.
I spent 10 on galaxy yesterday.
Statement released from Mars
"Due to a change in the ingredients used in our chocolate recipes from 1st May 2007 many of our products now contain whey. This is a by-product of the cheese making process and uses rennet derived from an animal source. Therefore we feel it is for individual vegetarians to judge whether they are comfortable in consuming cheese products that do not bear a vegetarian symbol; we would consider our products to fall into this same category.
This includes Galaxy, Mars, Bounty, Celebrations, Maltesers, Milky Way, Revels, Snickers, Topic and Twix.
Products that are currently in store or that you may have already purchased that carry a Best Before Date of 1st October or before are still suitable for your consumption, however if you have purchased any products with a best before after this date then we will be more than happy to refund the value of the product. Please see attached lists for further information."
Lists of what you can/cannot eat:
Vegetarian
* Aquadrops
* Lockets (Blackcurrant/ Extra Strong/ Honey & Lemon)
* Skittles Fruit
* Starburst Sours/Fruits/Strawberry
* Tunes Blackcurrant/Cherry/Strawberry
Ice Creams
* Starburst: All Varieties
Milk Drinks
* Bounty Drink
* Bounty Frappe
* Galaxy: Smooth and Creamy/ Thick Shake
* Maltesers Chocolate
* Mars: Original Drink/ Extra Chocolate/ Thick Shake
Powdered Drinks
* Galaxy Hot Chocolate/ Hot Chocolate with Caramel/ Hot Chocolate Bliss
* Maltesers Hot Chocolate
Not Vegetarian
Confectionery
* Bounty Dark / Milk
* Celebrations
* Flyte
* Galaxy Ripple
* Galaxy Minstrels
* Galaxy Block/Caramel/Fruit & Hazelnut/ Hazelnut
* Galaxy Promises Cocoa Crisp/Caramel Crunch/Roast Hazelnut/Rich Coffee
* M&M's All Varieties
* Maltesers Original / White
* Mars Original
* Mars Delight
* Mars Planets
* Milky Way / Crispy rolls / Magic Stars
* Revels
* Skittles Sours / Rainbow
* Snickers
* Topic
* Tracker Chocolate Chip / Forest Fruit / Lemon / Roasted Nut
* Twix
Ice Cream
* Bounty Ice Cream
* Galaxy Caramel Swirl Ice Cream / Vanilla / Triple Choc
* Maltesers Ice Cream
* Mars Ice Cream / Xtra Ice Cream
* Snickers Ice Cream / Xtra Ice Cream
Milky War, I'm going to miss you.
I can only hope with every chocolate loving bone in my body that there will be such a dent in sales Mars will realise the error in their ways and return to using rennet free whey.
Haha, never going to happen is it.
First Krononburg Blanc then Galaxy Ripples. WHAT NEXT!?
I spent 10 on galaxy yesterday.
Statement released from Mars
"Due to a change in the ingredients used in our chocolate recipes from 1st May 2007 many of our products now contain whey. This is a by-product of the cheese making process and uses rennet derived from an animal source. Therefore we feel it is for individual vegetarians to judge whether they are comfortable in consuming cheese products that do not bear a vegetarian symbol; we would consider our products to fall into this same category.
This includes Galaxy, Mars, Bounty, Celebrations, Maltesers, Milky Way, Revels, Snickers, Topic and Twix.
Products that are currently in store or that you may have already purchased that carry a Best Before Date of 1st October or before are still suitable for your consumption, however if you have purchased any products with a best before after this date then we will be more than happy to refund the value of the product. Please see attached lists for further information."
Lists of what you can/cannot eat:
Vegetarian
* Aquadrops
* Lockets (Blackcurrant/ Extra Strong/ Honey & Lemon)
* Skittles Fruit
* Starburst Sours/Fruits/Strawberry
* Tunes Blackcurrant/Cherry/Strawberry
Ice Creams
* Starburst: All Varieties
Milk Drinks
* Bounty Drink
* Bounty Frappe
* Galaxy: Smooth and Creamy/ Thick Shake
* Maltesers Chocolate
* Mars: Original Drink/ Extra Chocolate/ Thick Shake
Powdered Drinks
* Galaxy Hot Chocolate/ Hot Chocolate with Caramel/ Hot Chocolate Bliss
* Maltesers Hot Chocolate
Not Vegetarian
Confectionery
* Bounty Dark / Milk
* Celebrations
* Flyte
* Galaxy Ripple
* Galaxy Minstrels
* Galaxy Block/Caramel/Fruit & Hazelnut/ Hazelnut
* Galaxy Promises Cocoa Crisp/Caramel Crunch/Roast Hazelnut/Rich Coffee
* M&M's All Varieties
* Maltesers Original / White
* Mars Original
* Mars Delight
* Mars Planets
* Milky Way / Crispy rolls / Magic Stars
* Revels
* Skittles Sours / Rainbow
* Snickers
* Topic
* Tracker Chocolate Chip / Forest Fruit / Lemon / Roasted Nut
* Twix
Ice Cream
* Bounty Ice Cream
* Galaxy Caramel Swirl Ice Cream / Vanilla / Triple Choc
* Maltesers Ice Cream
* Mars Ice Cream / Xtra Ice Cream
* Snickers Ice Cream / Xtra Ice Cream
Milky War, I'm going to miss you.
I can only hope with every chocolate loving bone in my body that there will be such a dent in sales Mars will realise the error in their ways and return to using rennet free whey.
Haha, never going to happen is it.
First Krononburg Blanc then Galaxy Ripples. WHAT NEXT!?
Didn't get your package in the post yet. Tomorrow is a lock though. Hope you're good.
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