Whey to go: Mars scraps use of animal product

MARS has abandoned its plan to use animal products in chocolate and has apologised to vegetarians who organised a campaign against the change.

The company announced last week that it was changing the whey it uses in some chocolate and ice cream from a vegetarian source to one that contains traces of rennet, which is an animal enzyme.

Vegetarian campaigners in Ireland have condemned the planned move by Masterfoods as a backward step.