{"id":666007,"date":"2026-01-20T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=666007"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:11:12","slug":"upset-hindus-seek-apology-from-mondelez-australia-for-non-disclosure-of-beef-in-its-various-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/666007\/","title":{"rendered":"Upset Hindus seek apology from Mondel\u0113z Australia for non-disclosure of beef in its various snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Upset Hindus worldwide are seeking official apology from Mondel\u0113z International, \u201cone of Australia\u2019s largest food manufacturers\u201d with \u201c125-year history in Australia\u201d, for non-disclosure of beef in some of its products; and immediate recall of all such items.,<\/p>\n

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was shocking for Hindus to learn that majority of its Pascall and The Natural Confectionery Co. products, which they had been eating for years, reportedly contained beef, while beef was not explicitly mentioned under the ingredients listed on the packages\/boxes.<\/p>\n

Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that the majority of its Pascall and The Natural Confectionery Co. products contained gelatine, but the source of gelatine was not mentioned under the \u201cIngredients\u201d on packages\/boxes. In a response to Zed, Raymond Jerard, Consumer Care Consultant of Mondel\u0113z International, wrote: \u201cmajority of our Pascall and The Natural Confectionery Co. products do contain gelatine\u201d and we \u201ccan confirm that the gelatine we use in our products is derived from beef\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 in Australia and would severely hurt their feelings if they would come to know that they were unknowingly eating beef-laced popular snacks, Zed noted.<\/p>\n

Is this how Mondel\u0113z, which claims \u201cWe deeply know our consumers\u201d, wanted to follow through its \u201cambition\u201d of providing \u201cconsumers with the right snack, for the right moment, made in the right way\u201d; Rajan Zed wondered.<\/p>\n

Zed further said that it was hard to comprehend that why Mondel\u0113z; whose claimed purpose is to \u201cempower people to snack right\u201d with \u201chigh-quality snacks that nourish life\u2019s moments, that consumers can feel good about\u201d; did not mention explicitly under the ingredients on the package\/box the source of gelatine used in its products.<\/p>\n

Now was the time for Mondel\u0113z, whose tagline is \u201csnacking made right\u201d and whose<\/p>\n

\u201cMindful Snacking\u201d strategy included “Providing clear labeling” and “Marketing responsibly in line with ethical standards”; 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, Rajan Zed indicated. Moreover, in future, Mondel\u0113z should explicitly list beef in the ingredients on the pack\/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; Zed remarked.<\/p>\n

Besides apologizing, Zed urged Mondel\u0113z Australia President Toby Smith and Mondel\u0113z International CEO Dirk Van De Put to recall all food items containing gelatine where source of gelatine was not clearly mentioned; and later replace these with items which markedly declared source of gelatin under the ingredients label.<\/p>\n

Gelatine\/gelatin is procured from various animal body parts and is usually used as a gelling agent in food (also used for clarification of vinegar, juices and wine). It can be from cows, pigs, fish, chicken, etc.; but there are animal-free and plant-based alternatives to gelatine, like seaweed extracts.<\/p>\n

Mondel\u0113z International, Inc.; one of the world\u2019s largest snacking companies, claims to empower \u201cpeople to snack right in over 150 countries around the world\u201d. With 2024 net revenues of approximately $36.4 billion, it claims to \u201chold the #1 global position in biscuits (cookies and crackers) and #2 in chocolate\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mondel\u0113z Australia, headquartered in Melbourne, is the custodian of iconic brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk, The Natural Confectionery Company, Oreo, Pascall, Olina\u2019s Bakehouse and Philadelphia Cream Cheese. It operates six manufacturing sites in Suttontown (South Australia); Ringwood, Scoresby, and Croydon (Victoria); and Claremont and Burnie (Tasmania).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upset Hindus worldwide are seeking official apology from Mondel\u0113z International, \u201cone of Australia\u2019s largest food manufacturers\u201d with \u201c125-year history in Australia\u201d, for non-disclosure of beef in some of its products; and immediate recall of all such items., Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was shocking for Hindus to learn that majority of its Pascall and The Natural Confectionery Co. products, which they had been eating for years, reportedly contained beef, while beef was not explicitly mentioned under the ingredients listed on the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":666009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666007","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\/666007","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666011,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666007\/revisions\/666011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}