IMPORTANT - HIPP ORGANIC Good Night Milk - No Longer Suitable For VEGETARIANS!!!!

Spikey_2

HI All,

just to let all those who use Hipp products.

Was at a mates house this evening and when they opened a new tin of Good Night Milk they found a sticker on it.

It said ..... " This Product Is No Longer Suitable For Vegetarians"

!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

went on to their site ... and found...
Quote:
Good Night Milk


Important Notice for vegetarians - Please note that from March 2010 our Good Night Milk will no longer be suitable for vegetarians. This is due to a change in the extraction method for the milk-based ingredients used in this product. Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused. Please look out for the important notice sticker on the lid of HiPP Organic Good Night Milk to confirm the change in this product.
I wonder how this will affect such people that follow a HALAL diet for instance.

HTH.

Spikey

Emmzi

here is more detail on why they are non veggie

http://www.hipp.co.uk/media/upload/documents/Vegetarian%20Status%20of%20new%20milks.pdf

grossed out a bit myself

Spikey_2

Emmzi wrote: »

here is more detail on why they are non veggie

http://www.hipp.co.uk/media/upload/documents/Vegetarian%20Status%20of%20new%20milks.pdf

grossed out a bit myself

OMFG yuck yuck yuck.... poor kids

xmaslolly76

Do HiPP Organic milks contain prebiotics?


Taken from their website :Yes, HiPP Organic baby milks contain prebiotics.

Prebiotics are indigestible carbohydrates (oligosaccharides) and a source of dietary fibre. These special nutrients improve health by stimulating the growth of "friendly" gut bacteria.
Prebiotics are found in wholegrains, bananas, asparagus, artichokes, garlic, onions, tomatoes, chicory

Surely if that is where they are sourceing them from then it is still vegertarian based the only reference to animal products i can find is the LHA's that they add which come from fish oils and thought vegertarians will eat fish its vegans that wont eat any animal products at all. Sorry if that seems a bit ignorant but ive never had to cater for a vegetarian diet so i dont know :-)

Emmzi

vegetarians do not eat fish.

pescetarians eat fish.

vegans additionally do not eat cheese, eggs, honey.

"rennet" is also used in the process now. Rennet is found in the stomachs of mammals and as far as I know you can't extract it when they are alive - it used to be a abyproduct of veal production.

silvercar

"We decided that making the additions of PRÆBIOTIK® oligosaccharides and fish oils to our milks could significantly benefit all babies drinking our milks and this benefit was given priority over the very small number of babies that were being given our milks due to their vegetarian status (a recent poll of HiPP Organic baby milk users showed that only 1% used the milks because they were suitable for vegetarians). Although we sympathise with the dilemma this has left our vegetarian customers in, we strongly believe that the nutritional argument for adding these ingredients significantly outweighed the retaining of the vegetarian status of our milks."

Says it all really. Well done to them for being honest and upfront about the changes.

iolanthe07

Don't some people get their knickers in a twist about nothing? Get a life.

brians_daughter

iolanthe07 wrote: »

Don't some people get their knickers in a twist about nothing? Get a life.

Surely if for what ever belief/reason - religious, allery, life choice if someone is vegetarian/vegan whatever and if it is important that their child be vegetarian then its not 'nothing' to them, we should all respect others here. The op is simply informing others of the change, and i for 1 am thankful this had been pointed out

Thanks op

BitterAndTwisted

I'm not a meat-eater myself but I have serious reservations about whether it's sensible to put babies and toddlers on a strict vegetarian diet.

heretolearn_2

There's no probs with veggie kids. In a lot of the world due to religion everyone is veggie and has been for generation upon generation. There are lots of multi-generation veggie families here. Kids do fine as long as you are sensible about balancing it all out - if you are a 'only eat chips and cream cakes' veggie, then no, not good for kids (but then neither are the 'only eat chips and chicken nuggets' families.)

Ms_Piggy_2

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I'm not a meat-eater myself but I have serious reservations about whether it's sensible to put babies and toddlers on a strict vegetarian diet.

And you're clearly not a nutritionist either are you?
There's nothing wrong with a well balanced veggie diet for babies, children or adults.
As for 'Good Night Milk' - well I'll stick with either breast milk or simple organic cow's milk and give all the crap Hipp add a miss....