Just don't
Just don't
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Of note KitKats made in the US are made by Hershey, not Nestle. As I understand it's a legacy licencing deal and Nestle makes no money if you buy a US KitKat.
That being said Hershey's chocolate is what it is. American's are used to it, but it's not great.
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- Hershey's sued after study found lead and other heavy metals in its dark chocolate https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hersheys-dark-chocolate-heavy-metals-lead-cadmium/
- Hershey Accused of Using Child Labor and Making False Health Claims for Special Dark Kisses http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/hershey-accused-of-using-child-labor-and-making-false-health-claims-for-special-dark-kisses-121119?news=846233
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Yes but Nestlé KitKats are commonly imported and sold in the US too, especially in Asian grocery stores. I see them everywhere.
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Maybe that explains why the fancy Japanese KitKat flavors never live up to my imagination, despite Asian snacks and candy being generally superior (to my tastes) to similar western items.
Oh well, now I have a good reason to not bother trying them any more.
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Avoid nestle products like they're poison. Because they are.
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Anybody looking to avoid Nestlé products should also familiarize themselves with the wide range of Nestlé brands.
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God damn it, there's so much on there I had no idea, and I've been hating nestle since the early 2000's...
Just a few I was buying, unaware:
Carnation
Cheerios
Coffeemate
DiGiorno pizza
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If you go to the list, their smarties says:
But this is their ingredient list:
The ingredients of our original Smarties® rolls are: DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM STEARATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, COLORS (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE). They contain 25 calories per roll.
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Häagen Daz too? damn wtf
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Or the full A-Z list.
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Instructions unclear: Bought a tomato and ended up in The Bad Place.
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Comment+user name= absolute vibe
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Campbell says fuck you big boy
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Ungh, unintended consequences are the worst.
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Steal KitKat
Eat KitKat like this
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If you want a chocolate coated cookie that isn't shit and isn't Nestle, be in the lookout for Tim Tams.
They can be a bit tricky to track down in the US - 'world foods' type grocers would be the place to look.
They're an Australian cookie that puts US junk food to shame (not a high bar, but still).
They are especially amazing if you take a tiny nibble off of two opposing corners, and use it like a straw to suck some coffee or tea or anything hot. Shove the whole thing in your mouth the second you start feeling coffee come through, and enjoy a gooey explosion of
diabetesdeliciousness.Bonus points if you can find the caramel ones.
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there are alternative wafers covered in chocolate
Argentina produces grafiti, which is available at the very least in uruguay and argentina, probably in other places in LATAM as well
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Sweden and Denmark (and probably the rest of Scandinavia) has Kex which is somewhat similar
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There's also kvikk lunsj in Norway. And yeah, we can easily buy kex too
I'm sure plenty other countries have local variants
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At first glance, I thought that was a pile of cocaine on the 3rd kit kat.....I need to go to bed.
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Or alternatively, you need a pile of cocaine on a kit-kat.
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Also that sugar isn't good for the body, at least not for mine. I get rashes and a dry throat when i eat too much sugar. Fruit and vegetables put me in a good mood, but i try to reduce my unnecessary sugar intake anyways.
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Tony's is great, but it is a totally different candy than KitKat which is chocolate covered wafers
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The truly ascendant way to eat kit Kats is in a smore.
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It is always moral to shoplift nestle products.
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Please don't get into personal trouble for Nestle. Also they already have the money from the shop owner.
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Skip the middle man, got it!
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i hate kitkats. It tastes just like dirty socks smell
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For me, any "wafer" type cookie or snack just makes me feel like I'm eating Styrofoam
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I've been boycotting Nestle for years and I still avoid them when I can, but these days if my only choices are Nestle or an American brand (Nestle is Swiss) I'll choose Nestle.
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there is not a single product that you require for sustenance that is exclusively available from these two options. Just don't!
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The two biggest things that are hard to will myself not to buy are Quick and Hot Pockets.
At least there are plenty of chocolate milk alternatives. I never see off-brand Hot Pockets :(
I can make my own but sometimes I just wanna grab a thing to nuke real quick. And I get bored of hotdogs. The closest thing I end up getting instead are pizza rolls. And those aren't the same.
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Bibigo has pretty good microwavable dumplings and wantons, at least they're good to my unrefined American taste buds. I def like them more than hot dogs and hot pockets.
I don't know who their parent company is so it might be nestle too.
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CJ group from south Korea owns that brand
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Maybe just don't eat shit with tons of sugar and fat...
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Nestle produces a lot of other things than sugar and fat. So much in fact that it's actually hard to completely avoid them. The point is that they are a terrible company who does bad things, so you should boycott them.
Also, people can indulge in sugar and fat if they want to.
Little edit on that past point because some people don't understand indulge doesn't always mean over indulge, or they outright think I'm deranged because I might indulge in a chocolate bar as a treat in my otherwise varied and balanced diet and I suggested others might do the same if they want to.
I understand too much fat and chocolate is bad, that doesn't mean the world should never eat things that might be bad for them in moderation, relax.
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But also the sugar and fat part has pretty serious consequences in parts of the world like Diabetes type 2 and the displacement of traditional cooking and is linked to political issues like lobbying. This long NYT article from 2017 about Nestles manipulation of eating habits in poor comunities in Brazil shows the impact (don't know if it has gotten better, though). Even obese people can be malnutritioned and once you aquired Diabetes Type 2 it can only be remedied, not cured.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/16/health/brazil-obesity-nestle.html
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people can indulge in sugar and fat if they want to.
Sure. Indeed, diabetes and cancer are just myths. /s
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That book is awesome. I hope it gains popularity in English.
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Healthy stuff
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You forgot the George Costanza method with the knife and fork.
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I was kind of surprised that they tried to astroturf here. Reddit probably has their back and they got too cocky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9#Controversies
Where did they try that here?
I saw it come across on Lemmy, not sure if it was this community or not. I meant Lemmy when I said here.
I have some women coworkers and a couple of years ago they were sitting in the break room lamenting how hard it was to find formula. I naively asked them why they didn't breastfeed and they looked at me like I'd grown an extra head. It's absolutely astonishing that after 200 million years of successful breastfeeding (which even gives us our "mammal" name), a corporation was able to convince women that no, they should be feeding their babies with shit from a can made in factory.
Not everybody can breastfeed tho.