Are snickers and Twix vegetarian?
Suitability for vegetarians As of 2007, all Twix bars in Europe are no longer vegetarian.[4] This may or may not be the case outside Europe also. The Vegetarian Society is trying to persuade Mars to change all their products to become vegetarian after the vast majority were reverted back due to public outcry in 2007. The whey in Twix, Celebrations, Bounty (chocolate bar) and Milky Way bar are still made from animal rennet. In the United States (as of 2008), Twix bars carry the “OU” kosher certification (Union of Orthodox Rabbis). However, animal rennet can still be added providing the “animal is slaughtered, de-veined, salted and processed according to kosher law”. [5] Therefore it is unclear as to whether US Twix bars are vegetarian or not. ALSO, Modern method of deriving rennet Deep-frozen stomachs are milled and put into an enzyme-extracting solution. The crude rennet extract is then activated by adding acid; the enzymes in the stomach are produced in an inactive preform and are act