Now Cadbury abandons GMs

30 April 1999

Now Cadbury abandons GMs

THE chocolate giant Cadbury has become the latest food company to announce it will no longer use genetically modified ingredients in its products.

The company said it was now buying soya lecithin, an emulsifier used in chocolate making, from conventionally grown crops in Europe.

Cadburys announcement follows similar decision made by Tesco, Unilever and Nestlé; this week.

• Nestlé latest to ban GMs, FWi, yesterday (29 April, 1999)
• Food giants join GM ban, FWi, 28 April, 1999
• Waitrose removes GM ingredients, FWi, 29 March, 1999
• More supermarkets back GM-free food, FWi, 18 March, 1999
• Consumers say no to GM food, FWi, 20 October, 1998
  

• The Times 30/04/02/99 page 12
  
• The Independent 30/04/02/99 page 10 (In Brief)