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Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry’s has meaningful worker protections, but its foundation faces a funding dispute. We examine what survives the move to Magnum ownership.
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Farmer livelihoods, pricing, packaging and the companies behind familiar foods.
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Cheerios
Cheerios examined beyond the healthy-family image: different recipes, a past protein-label settlement, agricultural commitments and General Mills/Nestlé ownership.
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Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola’s recycling commitments, plastic footprint and pricing examined, including the EU action over bottle claims and the limits of its current targets.
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Danone
Danone’s ethics assessed through its plastic lawsuit settlement, dairy methane commitments and the history of Activia health advertising.
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Hellmann's
What Hellmann’s cage-free promise means, what its food-waste study actually tested, and why the announced McCormick deal has not yet changed ownership.
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Lay's
Lay’s 2026 price cuts, a resolved factory strike, a dated allergen recall and PepsiCo’s packaging commitments assessed without confusing parent and product.
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Oreo
Oreo’s vegan claims are only part of its ethics. Examine Mondelēz’s EU competition fine, cocoa programme and forest-rights criticism before buying.
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Pepsi
Pepsi’s ethics examined through PepsiCo’s abandoned reuse target, supply-chain transparency and the dismissed US pricing lawsuit.
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KitKat
KitKat’s US licence, UK cocoa programme, Fairtrade departure and recycled-plastic claims explained—with the limits behind the headline numbers.
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Cadbury
Look beyond Cadbury’s heritage: Cocoa Life monitoring, parent-company competition findings, changing pack sizes and the ingredients in Dairy Milk.
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Lindt
Lindt’s premium price examined through farmer commitments, a 2026 child-labour marketing lawsuit, chocolate quality claims and seasonal markups.
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Ferrero Rocher
What Ferrero Rocher’s hazelnut traceability and redesigned plastic boxes prove—and what they leave unanswered about workers, recycling and value.
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Nutella
Nutella’s ingredients, palm-oil sourcing and hazelnut market influence examined—plus what breakfast advertising and the price per jar can hide.
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Mars bars
What a smaller Mars bar means for value, how its cocoa sourcing works, and why paper packaging trials do not settle its environmental impact.
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McDonald’s
Who sets McDonald’s prices and wages? Follow franchise fees, local employment responsibility, value-menu conditions and a recent workplace settlement.
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KFC
KFC’s UK chicken-welfare pledge changed. Compare the company’s explanation, reported animal outcomes, British sourcing claims and surplus-food work.
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Burger King
Follow Burger King’s ownership, a contested 2026 franchise labour case, beef emissions and the limits of its plant-based menu claims.
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