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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 23, 2009 20:46:06 GMT -5
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kcares
Animal Rights Supporter
I Will Be Meat-Free--End of Story
Posts: 99
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Post by kcares on Jul 23, 2009 22:23:45 GMT -5
EWWWW! I ate poptarts like everyday last year! Please, everyone do this one!
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kcares
Animal Rights Supporter
I Will Be Meat-Free--End of Story
Posts: 99
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Post by kcares on Jul 24, 2009 18:56:50 GMT -5
Ok, so I was reading the e-book at www.veggie123.com today, and I learned something really interesting about Dr. Kelloggs, the guy who invented corn flakes and all that. HE WAS A HUGE VEG HIMSELF! Infact, that's how the company really got started. Here the question...don't you think that the company should be concious of the beliefs that founded them?
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Post by xtremeveggirl on Jul 24, 2009 19:33:00 GMT -5
I agree! I sent them an email yesterday, telling them I wouldn't buy their product until they got rid of the gluten in the poptarts.
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 24, 2009 21:32:03 GMT -5
MSN just popped up and told me I just received a message from them. This should be interesting...
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Post by xtremeveggirl on Jul 24, 2009 21:33:22 GMT -5
Ohh, I'm still waiting. Can't wait to hear what they say.
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 24, 2009 21:33:25 GMT -5
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Post by xtremeveggirl on Jul 24, 2009 21:36:54 GMT -5
Wow. That's deffinatly evading.
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 24, 2009 21:45:11 GMT -5
This is the e-mail I sent back to them:
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Post by xtremeveggirl on Jul 24, 2009 21:46:27 GMT -5
Oh, nice. I'll say that when they respond to me.
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kcares
Animal Rights Supporter
I Will Be Meat-Free--End of Story
Posts: 99
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Post by kcares on Jul 24, 2009 21:52:40 GMT -5
Now I'm going to do this right now, I can't believe that's all they said to you!
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kcares
Animal Rights Supporter
I Will Be Meat-Free--End of Story
Posts: 99
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Post by kcares on Jul 24, 2009 22:09:50 GMT -5
Here's my email...and I plan on boycotting all their products, as well. I think we all should... To Whom It May Concern, As a Vegetarian, I was appalled to discover that the icing of Poptarts contains gelatin. First of all, this ingredient is disgusting. It's made from COW BONES! Who really wants to eat cow bones (or skin, organs, etc....cause it can also be made of those)? Second, many Vegtarians are unaware about this fact, so they're eating it without their knowledge. Until the gelatin in your Poptarts is replaced with another ingredient (and there are many alternatives, such as Agar-Agar, guar gum, carrageenan, and Kuzu root), I will be boycotting all your products, in addition to getting all my friends and fellow Vegetarian's to do so. It makes me sick that so many people are eating this product without the knowledge of what's in it, and I will be asking my school to consider not selling them, as well as telling all my peers not to buy them. And in case you didn't know this, Dr. John Harvey Kelloggs, the early founder of your company, was a supporter of 'biologic living', which forbade things like meat, meat products (gelatin!), spices, and coffee. Is it right for your company, which was founded on these beliefs, to go against them now? (info from www.veggie123.com/veggie/chapter2/P2/) Casey Libonate
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Post by xtremeveggirl on Jul 24, 2009 22:11:43 GMT -5
Very nicely written.
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Post by AnimalAvenger on Jul 24, 2009 22:30:20 GMT -5
Good job. Maybe if we get enough people to do this, they might change .
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kcares
Animal Rights Supporter
I Will Be Meat-Free--End of Story
Posts: 99
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Post by kcares on Jul 24, 2009 22:33:49 GMT -5
Thanks! And that's exactly what i was thinking, now i just have to convince people to boycott with me
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