Nestle boycott

[New Internationalist magazine - 1996]

Organizers charge Nestle, one the of world's largest manufacturers of baby milk, with contributing to the deaths of millions of infants worldwide through the use of dangerous baby formula marketing practices which result in unsafe bottle-feeding. Nestle is charged with undermining breastfeeding to create a market for its baby milks.

The boycott focuses on Nestle's biggest-selling brand -- Nescafe. But, here's a list of other brand names produced by Nestle.

US / Canada

Confectionery: Laura Secord, Chunky Goobers, Coffee Crisp, Aero, Baci, Quality Street, Nestlé Beich fundraising chocolate, Kit Kat, Smarties, After Eight, Baby Ruth, Bit O Honey, Butterfinger, Alpine White Chocolate, Crunch, Raisinats, Black Magic, Turtles, Mirage, Smarties; Rolo, Life Savers, Milky Bar; Milo Bar, Scorched Almonds, Oddfellows, Mackintosh's Toffees, Kool mints, Raspberry Twists, Soothers and Vita C, Barley Sugars, Black Knight, Granny's licorice, Pixie Caramel, Chokito, Chocolate Raisins / Peanuts, Nut Roll, Crunch, Marshmellows, Party Mix, Pineapple Chunks, Strawberry Hearts and Choc Orange Slices, Nutoata bars, Canterbury Oaty bars.

Dairy products: Ice cream -- Laura Secord, Crunch, Drumstick, Mr Big, Haagen Dazs ice-cream bars; Yoplait yogurt.

Mineral Water: Perrier, Vittel, Poland Spring, Koala.

Processed food: Stouffers, Buitoni, Contadina, Cresse & Blackwell, Maggi, MJBLean Cuisine, Buitoni pasta and sauces, Nanda pasta, Crosse & Blackwell relishes/pickles.

Cooking products: Nestlé baking cocoa, Nestlé cooking chocolate, Chocolate Melts, Choc Bits, Milk Melts, Highlander condensed milk, Reduced Cream, Quick Custard Mix.

Cosmetics / eye care: L'Oreal, Lancome, Warner, Alcon

Wines: Beringer, Chateau Souverain, Los Hermanos, Napa Ridge.

Pet food: Friskies, Go Cat, Cat Meow, Fancy Feast, Tux, Trusty.

Nestle has marketing agreements in North America with Nabisco, Walt Disney, Movenpick, Ault Foods (Sealtest Dairies) and Coca Cola (Nestea).

Aotearoa / New Zealand

Beverages: Nescafé, including Cappuccino, Classic, Expresso and Fine Blend; International Roast; Andronicus; Caro; Carnation; Milo; Nesquik; Vittel and Perrier mineral waters; Nestea.

Confectionery: Kit Kat; Smarties; Rolo; Quality Street; Life Savers; Milky Bar; Milo Bar; Scorched Almonds; After Eight; Allen's confectionery, including Oddfellows, Mackintosh's Toffees, Kool mints, Raspberry Twists, Soothers and Vita C; Allen's/Heards confectionery, including Barley Sugars; Black Knight; Granny's licorice; Pixie Caramel; Chokito; Chocolate Raisins/Peanuts; Nut Roll; Crunch; Regina confectionery, including Marshmellows, Party Mix, Pineapple Chunks, Strawberry Hearts and Choc Orange Slices; Nutoata bars; Canterbury Oaty bars.

Cooking products: Nestlé baking cocoa, Nestlé cooking chocolate, Chocolate Melts, Choc Bits, Milk Melts, Highlander condensed milk, Reduced Cream, Quick Custard Mix.

Processed food: Maggi; Findus frozen food, including Lean Cuisine; Buitoni pasta and sauces; Nanda pasta; Crosse & Blackwell relishes/pickles.

Pet food: Friskies, Go Cat, Cat Meow, Fancy Feast, Tux, Trusty.

Dairy products: Yoplait

Supermarket own-name brands: According to our survey Nestlé only makes two such products for supermarket chains in Aotearoa: No Frills Muesli bars and Pams Condensed Milk.

Australia

Beverages: Nescafé, including Gold Blend, Decaff; Milo; Caro; Slender.

Dairy products: Carnation, Coffeemate, Ideal, Tip-Top.

Confectionery: Kit Kat, Rowntree, Aero, After Eight, Smarties, Baci, Black Magic, Fruit Pastilles, Milky Bar, Quality Street, Rolo.

Mineral water: Perrier, Vittel.

Processed food: Findus, Maggi, Lean Cuisine, Branston Pickle.

Cereals: Shredded Wheat.

Pet food: Go-Cat, Go-Dog.

Cosmetics: L'Oreal, Lancome.

Britain

Beverages: Nescafé, including Gold Blend, Blend 37, Alta Rica, Cap Colombie, Cappuccino, Decaff, Fine Blend; Milo; Build-up; Caro; Elevenses; Flo-Mix; Libby's C Drinks; Mix-O-Choc, Moonshine; Nescoré; Nesfit; Nesquik; Slender; Superquik; Um Bongo.

Confectionery: Kit Kat, Rowntree, Aero, After Eight, Polo, Smarties, Lion Bar, Quality Street, Rolo, Toffee Crisp, Toffo, Walnut Whip, Weekend, Yorkie, Matchmakers, Milky Bar, Munchies, Black Magic, Fox's Glacier Mints, Fruit Pastilles, Animal bar, Baci, Blue Riband, Breakaway, Cabana, Caramac, Caramel Wafer, Cello, Creamola, Dairy Crunch, Drifter, Eclipse, Good News, Festival, Gray& Dunn biscuits, Jellytots, Karima, Montego, Novo, RPC, Savana, Secret, Tooty Frooties.

Ice cream: Lyons Maid.

Cereals: Shredded Wheat, Shreddies, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Crisp Rice, Energen, Force, Golden Grahams, Lucky Charms, Team, Robertson's cornflakes, Sunny Jim, Wheatflakes.

Dairy products: Carnation, Chambourcy, Coffeemate, Fussells, Ideal, Milkmaid, Tip-Top, Bonjour, Chamby, Creme Vienna, Darlky, Flanby, Fulcreem custard, Hippopota, Jacky, Kremly, Le Grande, Nouvelle, Robot.

Mineral water: Perrier, Ashbourne, Contrexéville, Vittel, Vittelloise.

Processed food: Findus, Buitoni pasta & canned foods, Crosse & Blackwell, Maggi, Alphabetti, Bonne Cuisine, Dish of the Day, Eskimo, Four Seasons, Healthy Balance, Lean Cuisine, Pasta choice, Rice & Things, Scrunchies, Waistline.

Spreads/pickles: Branston, Gales honey, Holgates honey, Pan-Yan, Sun-pat, Tartex, Vessen paté.

Seasonings: British Shoyu, British vinegars, Cook-in-the-Pot, Dufrais, Sarsons.

Cosmetics and eye care: L'Oreal, Lancome, Claudel, Alcon.

Pet foods: Friskies, Go-Cat, Go-Dog.

Supermarket own-name brands: Most supermarket chains refuse to reveal the sources of their own-name products but both Tesco and the Co-op deserve credit for having come clean with us to allow consumers an informed choice. Nestlé makes Tesco's Corn Flakes, Sultana Bran, Bran Flakes, Cocoa Puffs, Puffed Rice and Cocoa Flakes and the Co-op's Peanut Butter, Rich Chocolate Mousse and Easy Serve Ice Cream. Nestlé makes nothing for Budgen. But Sainsbury and Safeway refused to tell us and should not be rewarded for this: all their own-brand cereals, dairy products and ice cream should be treated with suspicion.

Boycott organizations:

International Nestle boycott:
IN-FACT Coalition
10 Trinity Square, Toronto, Ontario MSG IBI,
416-595-9819 tel, 416-591-9355 fax

United States: Action 129 Church Street, Newhaven, CT 06561

Europe: c/o GIFA, BP 157, 1211 Genève 19, Switzerland. Tel: (4122) 798 9164. Fax: (4122) 798 4443.

Latin America: Amaranta N90, Stantacha, Erb Prado del Esté, Caracas 1080, Venezuela. Tel/Fax: (582) 977 0476.

Asia & Pacific: PO Box 19, 10700 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: (604) 656 9799. Fax: (604) 657 2655.

Africa: PO Box 781, Mbabane, Swaziland. Tel: (268) 45006. Fax: (268) 44246.

Australia: Baby Food Action Group, Community Aid Abroad, 156 George St, Fitzroy, Vic 3065. Tel: (03) 419 7111.

Britain: Baby Milk Action, 23 St Andrews St, Cambridge CB2 3AX. Tel:(01223) 464420. Fax: (01223) 464417. E-mail: babymilkacti@gn.apc.org

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