Mars Incorporated the makers of many popular candies on the shelves these days have been conducting animal testing experiments. Masterfoods US, which owns the Mars brand, has conducted over 15 years of research into the benefits of cocoa flavanols, and owns the patent for its Cocoapro process, which extracts naturally occurring antioxidant flavanols from cocoa beans.
Tests include cutting open the legs of live rats to reveal arteries, allowing scientists to determine the effect of chocolate ingredients on blood flow. Other experiments carried out by Mars include forcing flavanol-fed rats to swim in a mixture of white paint and water, injecting cocoa ingredients into the jugular veins of animals, and submerging baby mice in chilled containers for five hours at a time.
Mars is most famous for its eponymous
Mars bars,as well as other confectionery such as
Milky Way,
M&M's,
Twix,
Skittles and
Snickers. They also produce non-confectionery snacks (including
Combos) and other foods (including
Uncle Ben's and British Pasta Sauce Brand
Dolmio) as well as pet foods (such as
Whiskas,
Chappy and
Pedigree brands).So please join me in boycotting a very deceiving company who claims to care for animals but still performs these cruel acts.Hershey has adapted with no animal testing why can't mars its competitor do the same.
Tell everyone you know to jump on board and sign...and lets all take mars down.
