[throwaway290]

Somebody not eating animal products for ethical reasons will not buy anything from Nestle given a choice, for very same reasons. And yes, we who avoid Nestle pay more for alternatives, but if you know their business practices there's no moral choice.

[somedude895]

I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat little meat and replace the rest with meat alternatives. And I buy Nestle products, as do pretty much all people I know who are also trying to reduce their meat consumption. Meat alternatives are entering the mainstream and not everybody who cares about animal welfare is also an activist.

[throwaway290]

Most people I know buy Nestle products, but most people I know are not vegan.

I meant if your ethical values push you to go through the trouble of cutting out animal products completely, possibly at great cost to you, then I fail to see how the modicum of effort required to avoid buying Nestle products is anything but a rounding error.

[karmakurtisaani]

I respectfully disagree. As much as I would like to avoid the kinds of Nestle, it's just impossible in practice for many of us. Instead, I try to find comfort in the fact that animal replacements are becoming cheap and common because of the mega corporations.

[kitkat_new]

> As much as I would like to avoid the kinds of Nestle, it's just impossible in practice for many of us.

how so?

[oh_sigh]

Well, for one, it requires remembering every brand present on this infographic:

https://wyomingllcattorney.com/static/img/nestle-list.png

[wonderingwhale]

I am fairly sure that there is a nestle logo on the packaging of these brands as well

[throwaway290]

Exactly. All that's required is looking at packaging. Anyone who cares about what they put into their body is already having a habit of doing that.

[oh_sigh]

I'm not sure many people are checking the nutritional information of their San Pellegrino.

[karmakurtisaani]

Wife, kids, full time job, hobbies.. simply no time or energy to start looking at each item and finding alternatives when finally buying groceries.

[throwaway290]

The task is simplified to looking at label. Respectfully, if even that is too much, you don't particularly care about avoiding Nestle products at all...

[karmakurtisaani]

Almost everything can be reduced to "the task is simplified to a simple sounding thing". However, when you have dozens of such things in your daily life to worry about, it stops being so simple.

Also, if someone in my household likes a particular Nestle product, what's the procedure then? Stick to my principles and fight every time? Make an exception for that one? How many exceptions will there be in the end?

Ultimately, I guess I don't particularly care about avoiding Nestle in the end. Not to the extent that I would have to make my life more complicated than it already is.

[throwaway290]

> Almost everything can be reduced to "the task is simplified to a simple sounding thing".

How? Recycling for example is very complicated, takes time and effort sourcing recyclable things and shipping them for recycling later. Buying things manufactured sustainably is very complicated, because that stuff is not listed on labels in sufficient detail so you need to do actual research. Etc etc.

But here you have two products on the shelf. One has Nestle logo on the label the other doesn't. If you don't have significant issues with your vision, it takes 30 sec top to skim labels and tell which one is which. And the kicker is, you only have to do it once then you already know which logo is Nestle and just don't buy it. And if you as you say already try to be mindful of your diet you are already browsing multiple products looking at labels anyway! So I must be really missing something.

Personally the only reason not to do it is if I am poor at the moment and can't afford the non-Nestle one...

[kitkat_new]

Hate Nestle? Download the app Boycott.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckNestle/comments/ihk2ul/hate_nes...

[throwaway290]

> As much as I would like to avoid the kinds of Nestle, it's just impossible in practice for many of us

Why?