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Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com

4mo ago

US companies and their brands

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That's about everything unhealthy in the supermarket.
- Quaker oats are the last filling oats somehow
  I am going to miss Bob's red mill, they make some good stuff that nobody else does well.
  
  Are you boycotting them because they’re American? Or are they going out of business?
- Yeah, I've never been more motivated to eat more greens and unprocessed food.
- I was going to say, this is a list of things I don't buy already (am American). Every now and then I buy a box of triscuits I guess

Nestlé and Unilever are not American. Nestlé is Swiss and Unilever is British/Dutch.
This does not mean that they are good brand and you can certainly find many reasons to boycott them but not because they are American

Don't forget Kraft, P&G, and Johnson&Johnson
- The original image had most of these:
  
  Yes, i have that image saved but Nestlé and Unilever aren't American.
  
  Thanks, updated
- Mondelez is kraft
  
  Kraft spun off the company that became Mondelez, Kraft was then acquired by Heinz and became Kraft Heinz iirc
  
  They're two halves of a whole, i thought.

Unilever isn't American.
- Nor is Nestle.
- One of their biggest shareholders are BlackRock, puts a big black mark on the company.
- Depends on what you mean by "being" American. It's owned mostly by American institutions like Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

Nobody will ever convince me that we wouldn't all be better off without breaking up these trusts.
- The negation in your sentence implies you think the status quo is good - just fyi
  
  Fair enough. Just to be clear, we would all be better off if we broke up these trusts.

Toblerone is american? Wtf?
- Toblerone is owned by US-based Kraft but only produced in the EU, similar to how Ben and Jerry's ice cream is made in the US but is owned by the London-based Unilever. With international conglomerates, national lines are very blurred
  
  Ben and Jerry’s
  They had a balsy take a while back.
- Yeah, they bought a lot of European chocolate brands, like Milka, Côte d'Or, Toblerone, Cadbury, Green & Black's, Freia and Marabou.

IMO: Nestlé - Switzerland Unilever - UK

If you really want a good time, do this with Japanese mega corporations.

Although the title is a bit misleading as Nestlé is Swiss and Unilever is British I still love to see this every couple of years as a reminder.

Honestly out of the stuff I'm seeing here there's not a single thing that doesn't have a European drop in replacement. If we got rid of everything tomorrow people would probably mourn Coca Cola and candy bars for a while and not much else.
- Cadbury's hits hard for many in the UK. Took a decent company, fucked up the ingredients and now they're American.
  
  That's true but as long as you still have Terry's you will prevail! 😄
- Kofola and Cockta taste better than cocacola anyway
  
  I haven't been able to get my hands on Kofola but I'm aware of the hype. I can totally vouch for Cockta though. Tried it for its name and been in love ever since.

Happily 80% of those are not sold in my corner of Europe.
We have enough domestic brands that covers all this shit food with better quality local alternatives (Migros, Frey, Lindt…)
The most famous being a really human mega corporation with nothing to hide, aka Nestle.

Am I the only one interested in this seemingly being from 2012 according to the copyright notice in the bottom right. That's more than 12 years ago now :(
- This is very outdated. It's a decent quick guide, and most of it is still true, but I recommend looking up the current information. Between the parent company's website and Wikipedia, it's easy to find the full list.

Breizh Cola FTW

The monopolies are there, now they just need to be nationalized

And have to see which companies these companies hold shares in. I stopped drinking monster when coca cola bought too large a percentage for me to accept.

Note that this does not necessarily show your local brands (unless you're in the US, presumably). German pizza maker Wagner and German convenience food maker Maggi are owned by Nestle, but not represented here.

Time to give up UPFs and eat proper food, like British oats.

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