{"id":649092,"date":"2023-07-31T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=649092"},"modified":"2023-09-07T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:01:58","slug":"upset-hindus-seek-apology-from-baskin-robbins-for-non-disclosure-of-beef-in-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/649092\/","title":{"rendered":"Upset Hindus seek apology from Baskin-Robbins for non-disclosure of beef in ice cream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Hindus are asking for an official apology from Baskin-Robbins for non-disclosure of beef in its \u201cRocky Road\u201d ice cream; and its immediate recall.<\/p>\n

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was shocking for Hindus to learn that popular \u201cRocky Road\u201d, which they had been eating for years, contained beef; while beef was not explicitly mentioned under the ingredients listed on the packages\/boxes.<\/div>\n
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Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that \u201cRocky Road\u201d contained gelatin, but the source of gelatin was not mentioned under the \u201cIngredients\u201d on packages\/boxes. When Zed contacted Baskin Robbins, Customer Relations Coordinator Katie responded: \u201cThe gelatin in Rocky Road is from both porcine and beef source\u201d.<\/p>\n

Consumption of beef is highly conflicting to Hindu beliefs. Cow, the seat of many deities, is sacred and has long been venerated in Hinduism; Rajan Zed points out.<\/p>\n

It was a very serious issue for the devotees and would severely hurt their feelings if they would come to know that they were unknowingly eating beef-laced \u201cRocky Road\u201d ice cream, Zed noted. Is this the “Baskin-Robbins Commitment to Better”? Zed asked.<\/p>\n

Rajan Zed further said that it was hard to comprehend that why Baskin-Robbins, \u201cworld\u2019s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, with more than 7,600 retail shops in nearly 40 global markets\u201d, did not mention explicitly under the ingredients on the package\/box the source of gelatin used in that product.<\/p>\n

Now was the time for Baskin-Robbins to admit their error of not being transparent enough to mention in clear and simple terms what was inside the package\/box so that an ordinary consumer could make right and appropriate choices, Zed indicated. Moreover, in future, Baskin-Robbins should explicitly list beef in the ingredients on the package\/box when beef was present in the product; Zed added.<\/p>\n

Hinduism was the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about 1.2 billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought, and it should not be taken frivolously. No faith, larger or smaller, should be mishandled; Rajan Zed remarked.<\/p>\n

Besides apologizing; Zed urged Inspire Brands CEO Paul Brown, of which Baskin-Robbins was a part; to recall all \u201cRocky Road\u201d packages\/boxes containing gelatin where source of gelatin was not clearly mentioned; and later replace these with packages\/boxes which markedly declared source of gelatin under the ingredients label.<\/p>\n

Baskin-Robbins, founded 1945 and headquartered in Canton (Massachusetts), sells over 1,400 flavors. Awards winning Inspire, headquartered in Atlanta (Georgia), has 32,000 restaurants and is the second largest restaurant company in USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hindus are asking for an official apology from Baskin-Robbins for non-disclosure of beef in its \u201cRocky Road\u201d ice cream; and its immediate recall. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was shocking for Hindus to learn that popular \u201cRocky Road\u201d, which they had been eating for years, contained beef; while beef was not explicitly mentioned under the ingredients listed on the packages\/boxes. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that \u201cRocky Road\u201d contained gelatin, but the source of gelatin was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":649094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649096,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649092\/revisions\/649096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}