Cadbury have long been a household favourite throughout New Zealand, even recently being voted NZ's most trusted brand last. Unfortunately they rapidly dishonoured this title with the introduction of Palm Oil into their Check out http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1182533327590&mbox_pos=0#/group.php?gid=99560141028 Palm Oil is labelled as Vegetable Fat on their chocolate labels. It decreases the quality and pleasant taste of the chocolate, it is higher in saturated fat, and the Palm Oil industry is one of the leading causes of deforestation in Indonesia. Orangutans are on the brink of extinction due to this industry. Both the Bornean and Sumatran subspecies will be extinct in 12 years unless the slash and burn of rainforests to create Palm Oil plantations is slowed. Countless other endangered plants, animals and local people are also suffering. Many responsible companies are looking for ways to decrease their use of Palm Oil due to the difficulty in finding a truly sustainable source. It has been shocking to countless numbers of Cadbury fans to find that Cadbury have gone the opposite direction and increased their usage! Although Cadbury claim to be using Sustainable Palm Oil we question this claim as they have yet to back it up with details and proof. They justify their use of this product by touting their membership of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) but as yet being on the RSPO does not require any commitment other than paying a fee. There are a number of companies that belong to the RSPO who continue to destroy rainforest while using their membership as a cover. Cadbury has the ability to become pioneers and lead the way for other global corporations by expending the extra effort and money required to make positive changes. Cadbury - we implore you to remove Palm Oil from your NZ chocolate products. We will boycott your products as long as they contain Palm Oil that is not 100% CSPO.
Cadbury have long been a household favourite throughout New Zealand, even recently being voted NZ's most trusted brand last. Unfortunately they rapidly dishonoured this title with the introduction of Palm Oil into their Check out http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1182533327590&mbox_pos=0#/group.php?gid=99560141028 Palm Oil is labelled as Vegetable Fat on their chocolate labels. It decreases the quality and pleasant taste of the chocolate, it is higher in saturated fat, and the Palm Oil industry is one of the leading causes of deforestation in Indonesia. Orangutans are on the brink of extinction due to this industry. Both the Bornean and Sumatran subspecies will be extinct in 12 years unless the slash and burn of rainforests to create Palm Oil plantations is slowed. Countless other endangered plants, animals and local people are also suffering. Many responsible companies are looking for ways to decrease their use of Palm Oil due to the difficulty in finding a truly sustainable source. It has been shocking to countless numbers of Cadbury fans to find that Cadbury have gone the opposite direction and increased their usage! Although Cadbury claim to be using Sustainable Palm Oil we question this claim as they have yet to back it up with details and proof. They justify their use of this product by touting their membership of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) but as yet being on the RSPO does not require any commitment other than paying a fee. There are a number of companies that belong to the RSPO who continue to destroy rainforest while using their membership as a cover. Cadbury has the ability to become pioneers and lead the way for other global corporations by expending the extra effort and money required to make positive changes. Cadbury - we implore you to remove Palm Oil from your NZ chocolate products. We will boycott your products as long as they contain Palm Oil that is not 100% CSPO.
We the undersigned are against the addition of Palm Oil to your NZ chocolate. We believe it not only tastes bad, but we are aware of the environmental devastation occurring in Indonesia due to the Palm Oil industry. We will be boycotting all your products (and associated brands that you own) until you remove Palm Oil. One of our closest relatives, the Orangutan will be extinct in the wild in 12 years if companies such as yourself don't take action and ensure they are operating in an environmentally friendly manner. Please listen to your customers - you used to be a household favourite in NZ, but now are becoming the paraiah of the chocolate brands. Live up to your reputation as New Zealand's most trusted brand by earning that trust back and removing the Palm Oil from your chocolate.
We signed the "Remove Palm Oil from Cadbury chocolate." petition!
# 2,840:
7:33 pm PST, Nov 20,Serena Lal, New Zealand
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3:42 am PST, Nov 20,Devin Baker, Michigan
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9:01 am PST, Nov 19,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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11:15 am PST, Nov 18,Gill Whitley, United Kingdom
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9:47 am PST, Nov 18,Agnieszka Zacharias, United Kingdom
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9:37 am PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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7:12 am PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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4:36 am PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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3:55 am PST, Nov 18,Natasha Hough, United Kingdom
Do the right thing to stop this happening
# 2,831:
3:45 am PST, Nov 18,J Bowden, United Kingdom
Just to let you know i will be sourcing from companies that are ethical and put sustainable oils in their chocolate, the extinction of monkeys for the benefit of your pockets is unjustifiable!
# 2,830:
8:31 pm PST, Nov 17,Alison Stuart, California
I spent 2 years living in New Zealand and I know that people there are very concerned about global issues. Save the orangutans, stop using palm oil.
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2:14 pm PST, Nov 17,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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9:22 pm PST, Nov 16,Name not displayed, Oregon
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1:12 pm PST, Nov 16,Brendan Yuill, Louisiana
I will not purchase nor consume one more creme egg untill this injustice is rectified. For shame, Cadbury! All those taste sensations you make will never buy back your soul!
# 2,826:
12:30 pm PST, Nov 16,GLenn Brown, Connecticut
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12:02 pm PST, Nov 16,Karen Stickler, Connecticut
To help conserve animals of the world, please discontinue using palm oil in your recipes. See this story http://www.suryiaandroscoe.com/ - orangutangs' habitats are decimated by the harvesting.
# 2,824:
11:52 am PST, Nov 16,Sylvie Ries, Luxembourg
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11:08 am PST, Nov 16,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Dear Cadbury,
I love your chocolate and have eaten it all my life having been brought up in the West Midlands with my father often doing enginerring work in your factory. Please please stop using palm oil and find an alternative. I have been out to borneo and seen the deforestation 1st hand. Please do your bit to help the environment.
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8:28 am PST, Nov 16,Jeanette Dovheden, Sweden
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2:41 am PST, Nov 16,Tracey Norton, United Kingdom
I too am a chocoholic but will no longer eat chocolate that contains unsustainable oil, as first and foremost I am an animal lover. I am so upset by this latest news to think of all the cadburys chocolate I have eaten over the years.
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6:36 pm PST, Nov 15,Craig Jones, United Kingdom
Having seen the program regarding your Use of this oil i am utterly disgusted that a brand such as yours can misguide its customers. More to the point, i would like to question what you pay for your milk as well? It appears that many brands this day will save a few % of the total cost to us at the detrimental cost to others.
I will not be purchasing ANY of your products from this date on, until i see that you have remedied this.
You should be disgusted with yourselves.
Your PR staff at your HQ require educating as well.
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6:30 pm PST, Nov 15,Rachel Jarvis-jones, United Kingdom
i love choclate but i love animals more i wont be eating yours or any chocolate untill i know its friendly to the monkey world. the thought that i didnt know makes me feel sick
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1:29 pm PST, Nov 15,Marissa Chiappetta, Florida
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10:18 am PST, Nov 15,Uma Bartlett, United Kingdom
I would be very grateful if you stopped using palm oil in your products. I say this because i care a great deal about orangutangs and even sponsor one ! I would hate it if they were to go exctinct just because people are using palm oil in products.
Many Thanks , Uma Bartlett ( age 12 )
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8:24 am PST, Nov 15,Collette Hinchcliffe, United Kingdom
do you not care about the word, the animals habitats you are destroying for your own personal gane!! i will never eat cadburys again unless they stop ruining our world!!
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6:33 am PST, Nov 15,Tonya Butts, New York
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1:36 am PST, Nov 15,Rachel Taylor, United Kingdom
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1:25 pm PST, Nov 14,Emily Rann, United Kingdom
please stop hurting the orangitangs!!
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7:19 am PST, Nov 14,Zivile Grauslyte, United Kingdom
IM Quitting on Chocolate untill things chage for better, thats not me ,i wont let animals suffer.
There is always a second route to take the right route.
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1:45 pm PST, Nov 13,Donna Atha, United Kingdom
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12:51 pm PST, Nov 13,Elena Fox, Georgia
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9:10 am PST, Nov 13,Jodie Mitchell, United Kingdom
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5:00 am PST, Nov 13,Gary Baird, United Kingdom
I was a lover of cadburys chocolate for years.
i did not know orangutans are on the brink of extinction, and various endangered plants and other species are suffering because of this industry also.
Stop this now!
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4:28 am PST, Nov 13,Clare Worthington, United Kingdom
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9:41 pm PST, Nov 12,Name not displayed, New Zealand
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6:38 pm PST, Nov 12,Roderick Felton, United Kingdom
I love chocolate...but will definately be avoiing any brand not using sustainable palm oil. Come on Cadbury. you are world leaders, Lead the way with this important issue if you want to continue to be regarded as the best..
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12:28 pm PST, Nov 12,Nilli Williamson, United Kingdom
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8:55 am PST, Nov 12,Pauline Lloyd, United Kingdom
please stop using this now there is no need for it
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7:07 am PST, Nov 12,Vicki Lloyd, United Kingdom
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6:05 am PST, Nov 12,Red Beard, United Kingdom
Cadbury has bowed to consumer pressure and stopped using palm oil in its dairy milk chocolate. The confectionary giant caused a furore when it was revealed it had substituted cocoa butter with vegetable fat including palm oil. Palm oil is a contentious ingredient with reports blaming its plantations for huge contributions to global warming and intensive habitat destruction leading to the deaths of orang-utans in Indonesia and Malaysia. Cadbury New Zealand managing director Matthew Oldham said he was “really sorry” and that the decision was in direct response to consumer feedback, including hundreds of letters and emails. “Now we’re putting things right as soon as we possibly can he said, and hope Kiwis will forgive us. The change will be made within the next few weeks, he said ?? is this true
