Thursday, 20 August 2009

Well done Cadbury and the Aussies

Personal note: People/consumer power works again. Remember, it is the ONLY thing that ever works.


Governments and companies left to their own ways, would never make any good environmental decisions.


According to the below email response, Cadbury Australia is also removing vegetable fat (incl. palm oil) from their products.

Now, we ALL need to pressure New Zealand farmers into stopping their importation of palm kernel from Indonesia to feed dairy cattle in New Zealand. It's not as if NZ cows need palm kernel and it is hardly a natural foodstuff for cows - whose milk, incidentally, may find its way into Cadbury's chocolate, Anchor butter, etc.

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Thank you for taking time to contact us in response to our recent announcement in New Zealand regarding the removal of vegetable fat,
including palm oil, from Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate and our return to a cocoa butter only recipe.

In answer to your question, we are pleased to confirm that Cadbury Australia is also removing vegetable fat, including palm oil, and returning
to a cocoa butter only recipe for Cadbury’s entire moulded block chocolate range, including our flagship Cadbury Dairy Milk brand and product lines such as Old Gold and Dream.

Some of our other product lines where vegetable fat, including palm oil, has been added to replace a small amount of cocoa are more complex and will take longer to change. However it is our intention to progressively work through them so that all of the cocoa within the chocolate we make in Australia and New Zealand is palm oil free as soon as it can possibly can be.

The decision to remove vegetable fat, including palm oil and return to a cocoa butter only recipe was based on your feedback and that of hundreds of other Australians and New Zealanders.

Once again thank you for your support. We hope the change back to a cocoa butter only recipe will help restore your faith in Cadbury and our
products.

Kind regards
CADBURY PTY LTD


Tracey
Consumer Services
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