Mars is off the list

[rhionnach]

I think they ought to have let us know before they started using animal rennet in their products. I wonder what their definition of "strict" and "less strict" vegetarian is.

This ought to help me in losing weight.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6653175.stm

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Conceivable

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

The Vegetarian Society in the UK mounted a campaign to get Mars to go back to synthetic rennet back in 2007.

The term 'vegetarian' does have one correct technical meaning, even if there are many colloquial and self-identification variants: http://www.vegsoc.org/info/whatis.html

"We define a vegetarian as someone living on a diet of grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits, with or without the use of dairy products and eggs. A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products."

Animal rennet is a 'slaughter by-product' (as is gelatin(e)).

I understand that true Parmesan cheese is never vegetarian for this reason, because it always uses dead calf stomach lining.