The Vegan Thread

Apologies, not upto date on this thread.
I applaud them, and we need more businesses to make a stand on unmixed feedstocks.

Back in the '80s, the Body Shop effect meant that all the major European chemical manufacturers had to get their act together and guarantee that their fatty acid feedstocks, (used in foostuffs for emulsifiers, toiletries, [often the same emulsifiers used for handcreams & lotions], soaps, shampoos, conditioners), were clearly separated between vegetable and animal sources.

Grudgingly this was achieved,
and the costs of rendering animal fats were no longer spread over the whole Food Economy, but contained within that part of the processed food industry that supplies meat eaters.
Forward 30 years and the (US) pushers of GMO materials have seen the costs of discrete supply chains, and, more importantly, consumers exercising their right to choose.
We now have the situation where even retailers who one might have thought have some residue of integrity, (Coop, M&S), are rolled over by the likes of Cargill, and now tell their customers that they cannot guarantee products are GMO-free.

Having won, (via this back door), market presence for GMO contaminated feedstocks, the chemical companies see no point, (and dividend-reducing costs), in maintaining the hard won separation of vegetable & animal feedstocks.

Quite how I personally boycott the new £10 note I have yet to quantify.