Do you think Nestle do a good job making Smarties?

Question

In an answer to another of my questions, someone said Nestle do a good job of making Smarties. Do you think they do? Did Nestle tell you that Smarties are not suitable for vegetarians because Nestle have one of my favourite animals squashed, so that they can use its blood to colour their Smarties.
Have you heard of E120?
Do you know what that is?
It is the blood of one my favourite animals the Cochineal insect.
Jesus Christ said (According to one of my bibles) "Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of my brethren, you have done it unto me."
Do you think Nestle are making a good job of Making Smarties?

Answer 1

Nestle are truly evil! And I thought removing the blue ones was bad enough! I shall be boycotting them from now on..

Answer 2

The Nestle corporation do not do a good job of anything. I have been boycotting them for a number of years, and any of their subsidiary companies (Cross & Blackwell for example). They have been causing poverty and death in third world countries for a number of years and despite pouring some of their mountain of profit into development projects for third world countries, they continue their exploitative marketing techniques.

Basically they give out free formula milk in villages. The mothers, thinking this is a good deal feed it to thier babies, thus loosing the ability to breast feed. Once they are hooked, they start to charge them for more. Due to the contamination of the water in these areas, water born diseases such as cholera increase because that's what the formula milk has to be mixed with. The babies are basically being poisoned, and many die as a result.

Whether it's smarties, shreddies or the omnipresent Nescafe, Nestle's products have blood, human blood, associated with them through their disgraceful foriegn policy.

I urge everyone, vegan, vegetarian and meat eater alike to avoid their products and boycott them.

Answer 3

Good point that brings to mind some more bizare news about Nestle.

Nestlé, which is based in Vevey, Switzerland, employs 247,000 people and had global sales in excess of $69 billion in 2005.

It is the LARGEST food company in The World.

Nestlé is the target of a boycott launched by groups in 20 countries
because of its aggressive marketing practices. An independent survey last year found Nestlé to be one of the four most boycotted
companies on the planet. In a global internet vote coinciding with
the World Economic Forum in 2005 Nestlé was voted to be the 'least responsible company'.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 1.5 million
infants die around the world every year because they are not
breastfed. Where water is unsafe a bottle-fed child is up to 25
times more likely to die as a result of diarrhoea than a breastfed child.

Nestlé has a strong global franchise in baby milk and also owns
babyfood brands such as Alete and Beba. In the past Nestlé has faced criticism over its aggressive marketing of baby milk products,
especially in developing countries. Campaigners claim that this has
contributed to unnecessary death and suffering of infants and have led a boycott against the company.

It is being reported that Nestlé is in negotiations to by the Gerber
baby food company from Novartis for £1.5 billion. Some of the
reporting at least is flagging up the Nestlé boycott and the
company’s record of breaking international marketing standards.

The world’s top 25 food companies appear not to be taking the new global diet and health agenda seriously enough, says an 80 page report from The City University out today.

Nestlé has also been taken to court in the United States by the International Labour Rights Fund (ILRF) for failing to act to end child slavery in its cocoa supply chain in the Ivory Coast. Nestlé has also refused to support moves to bring farmers within the Fairtrade scheme in Ivory Coast, meaning registered farmers are unable to sell all of their produce within the scheme. Nestlé buys the surplus on the open market at lesser prices, according to ILRF. If cocoa is bought within the Fairtrade scheme the farmers are guaranteed a fair prize and are paid a community surplus used to ensure children go to school.

Answer 4

No, it's ridiculous isn't it? It's like these food companies go out of their way to make non-meat products unsuitable for veggies. It's pointless and stupid. I'd like to know the marketers' perspective on this- surely the amount of veggies not able to purchase their stuff is a greater loss to them than using something slightly more expensive and not animal-derived?

Answer 5

No smarties aren't that nice anymore! i mean the bloody tube they've changed into some new age contraption its a joke! A maze to get into"

Answer 6

They do a great job. Nothing wrong with crushed up beetles for that lovely red colour. Don't think the beetle was part of Jesus' bretheren though.

Did one write a gospel?

Answer 7

No, all those e numbers, the immoral practises of nestle and the fact they taste like crud........

With all those e numbers and preservatives no wonder the kids of toady run riot.

Answer 8

i like them but i don't let my kids have them because the start bouncing off the walls
though i do think that Walkers crisps are really cr@p because they don't seem to have ant plans to bring back bovril flavour crisps which were the best

Answer 9

My 2 year old thinks so

Answer 10

yer they r well nice