Why are Nestle products bad for
your health?
At its recent YWCA Scotland National Conference members and staff
voiced their support for a boycott of Nestle Products in their centres.
Staff at Central Office and YWCA Roundabout Centre have already
pledged their support to the campaign by boycotting Nestle products
in their premises.
Why Boycott Nestle?
Every 30 seconds a baby dies from unsafe bottle feeding
in the Third World.
Every day some 3,000 to 4,000 infants die because they
are denied access to adequate breast milk.
James Grant, Executive Officer of UNICEF
Nestle, one of the world’s largest producers of powdered
baby milk, is currently breaking a World Health Organisation Code
on the marketing of breast milk substitutes.
- Nestle provides free milk to maternity hospitals in the Third
World so that newborn babies are routinely bottle-fed.
- When newborn babies are given bottles, they are less able to
suckle well. This makes breastfeeding failure likely. The baby
is then dependent on artificial milk.
- When the mother and baby leave hospital, the milk is no longer
free. At home parents are forced to buy more milk, which can cost
50% of the family income.
- Because the milk is so expensive the child is not fed enough.
This leads to malnutrition.
- The water mixed with the formula is often contaminated. This
can lead to diarrhoea, malnutrition and death.
- 1.5 million babies die every year from unsafe bottle-feeding.
- Breast-feeding is free and safe and protects against infection.
For further information on how you can support the Nestle Boycott
Campaign visit www.babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html
Nestle exposed
There will be a public meeting on Saturday 23rd October from 1.00
pm – 5.30 pm
at Teviot Row House, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, with Speakers and
workshops
What are Nestle Products?
Coffee
Nescafe
Alta Rica
Black Gold
Blend 37
Cap Colombia
Cappuccino
Decaff
Expresso
Fine Blend
Gold Blend
Kenjara
Nescafé Ice
Organic
Dairy products
Carnation
Chambourcy
Coffee-Mate
Extreme Viennois
Fussells
Ideal
LC1
Munch Bunch yoghurts
Rowntree yoghurts and ice creams
Simply Double
Ski yogurts
Tip-Top
Mineral/bottled water
Aqua Cool
Ashbourne
Buxton
Contrexéville
Perrier
Pow-wow
Vittel
Other drinks
Build-up
Milo
Nesquik
Nestea
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Confectionery & snacks
Aero
After Eights
Animal Bar
Baci Chocolate
Black Magic
Blue Riband
Breakaway
Caramac
Chocolate Cuisine
Dairy Box
Dairy Crunch
Drifter
Fab
Fox's Glacier Mints
Fruit Pastilles
Henri Nestlé Collection
Jellytots
Kit Kat
Kit Kat Chunky
Lion Bar
Lyons Maid Ice Cream
Matchmakers
Maxibon
Milky Bar
Munchies
Polo
Quality Street
Rolo
Rowntrees Fruit Gums
Smarties
Toffee Crisp
Toffo
Tooty Frooties
Walnut Whip
Willy Wonka
Yorkie
Processed meals
Buitoni pasta & canned foods
Rowntrees Jellies |
Cereals
Cinnamon and Golden Grahams
Cheerios & Honey Nut Cheerios
Clusters
Shreddies
Fibre 1
Force Flakes
Golden Nuggets
Nesquik cereal
Shredded Wheat including: Bitesize, Fruitful, Honey Nut
Shreddies: Coco and frosted
Sporties
Cosmetics
Biotherm
Cosmence
Garnier
Helena Rubenstein
La Roche-Posay
Lancome
L'Oreal
Matrix
Maybelline
Metamorphosis
Plénitude
Redken
Pet Foods
Arthur's
Felix
Friskies
Go-Cat
Go-dog
Purina
Spiller's
Winalot |
For more information on the Nestle Boycott and how you or your
centre can support the campaign visit www.babymilkaction.org
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