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Yeah, fair enough, I can see it being hard for most people to bin Nestle (though not Sinclair?). My response to Nestle was a "me personally" thing which probab

Yeah, fair enough, I can see it being hard for most people to bin Nestle (though not Sinclair?). My response to Nestle was a "me personally" thing which probably doesn't apply to most other people - I don't really buy branded junk food, almost everything I eat I prepare myself from fresh ingredients. I read through the Wikipedia list [1] and didn't see any brands I've purchased this year. But you're quite right that I was wrongly exaggerating by saying it was easy to boycott Nestle. I should have just emphasized that it's possible to boycott Nestle (if you know what the subsidiaries are), and easy (I think?) to boycott Sinclair. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nestl%C3%A9_brands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nestl%C3%A9_brands

mike_d 5y ago
> everything I eat I prepare myself from fresh ingredients Nestle owns a lot of brands in the "ingredients" space too, unless you mean you are making everything from scratch. Buitoni pasta, Maggi bullions and soup bases, Carnation condensed and powdered milks, and Garden Burger meat alternatives are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
- Spivak 5y ago
  Carnation has been the most annoying for me to boycott because at my grocery store there is no other options for evaporated milk, dulce de leche, and malted milk powder.
shrikant 5y ago
I just went through the entire list of brands on that page and realised I'd been boycotting Nestle as well this last year or so, only without my knowledge. (I'm peripherally aware that they're considered "evil", but haven't given too much conscious thought w.r.t my own actions, and so haven't taken a position on whether I'm "boycotting" Nestle producsts or not.) I'm similar to you -- make most of my own meals and don't really consume snack food and drink. Even all of the "prepared ingredient" type stuff that I buy (dried pasta, sauces) tend to be non-Nestle brands, so I really have to wonder if it's a lack of imagination that prompts people to claim that it's hard to avoid Nestle. Of course, I'm in the UK (London) and not the USA, so maybe it's different? But I have a hard time understanding why it would be. Edited to add: I also have a recent infant, to whom I've (again, without even trying) avoided feeding any Nestle products.
kelnos 5y ago
I was doing really well until I saw on that list that they own Purina, which is what we feed our cats. It's a shame, as several veterinarians I've talked to have said they believe Purina (Pro Plan/ONE) to be some of the best stuff out there for cats.
- vanattab 5y ago
  ..from the vet sponsored by Purina... Purina pet food is trash.
  - bscphil 5y ago
    No opinion on Purina, but it's shocking to me how widely understood it is that medical professionals are bought and sold, and nobody seems concerned about this or worried about whether it violates professional ethics standards. Every dentist I've ever been to has given me an Oral-B toothbrush at the end of my visit. Oral-B gives free stuff to dentists with the understanding that when they give it to their patients, it will have the connotation of an endorsement and the patients will go on to buy these things themselves. I remember as a kid our family doctor would give my mother little samples of things that various pharmaceuticals had given him. Can't recall what they were, some kind of herbal remedy or naturopathic thing probably.

mike_d 5y ago

> everything I eat I prepare myself from fresh ingredients Nestle owns a lot of brands in the "ingredients" space too, unless you mean you are making everything from scratch. Buitoni pasta, Maggi bullions and soup bases, Carnation condensed and powdered milks, and Garden Burger meat alternatives are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Spivak 5y ago
Carnation has been the most annoying for me to boycott because at my grocery store there is no other options for evaporated milk, dulce de leche, and malted milk powder.

shrikant 5y ago

I just went through the entire list of brands on that page and realised I'd been boycotting Nestle as well this last year or so, only without my knowledge. (I'm peripherally aware that they're considered "evil", but haven't given too much conscious thought w.r.t my own actions, and so haven't taken a position on whether I'm "boycotting" Nestle producsts or not.) I'm similar to you -- make most of my own meals and don't really consume snack food and drink. Even all of the "prepared ingredient" type stuff that I buy (dried pasta, sauces) tend to be non-Nestle brands, so I really have to wonder if it's a lack of imagination that prompts people to claim that it's hard to avoid Nestle. Of course, I'm in the UK (London) and not the USA, so maybe it's different? But I have a hard time understanding why it would be. Edited to add: I also have a recent infant, to whom I've (again, without even trying) avoided feeding any Nestle products.

kelnos 5y ago

I was doing really well until I saw on that list that they own Purina, which is what we feed our cats. It's a shame, as several veterinarians I've talked to have said they believe Purina (Pro Plan/ONE) to be some of the best stuff out there for cats.

vanattab 5y ago
..from the vet sponsored by Purina... Purina pet food is trash.
- bscphil 5y ago
  No opinion on Purina, but it's shocking to me how widely understood it is that medical professionals are bought and sold, and nobody seems concerned about this or worried about whether it violates professional ethics standards. Every dentist I've ever been to has given me an Oral-B toothbrush at the end of my visit. Oral-B gives free stuff to dentists with the understanding that when they give it to their patients, it will have the connotation of an endorsement and the patients will go on to buy these things themselves. I remember as a kid our family doctor would give my mother little samples of things that various pharmaceuticals had given him. Can't recall what they were, some kind of herbal remedy or naturopathic thing probably.