Nestles, Inc. Their assault on unsuspecting consumers goes well beyond the ''Conspiracy Theory'' stage.

Lying for profit.

Continued vigilance is needed to protect ourselves from contaminated foods on our grocery shelves that we readily feed our children.

The link provided will take you to Nestle, Inc., Global website.

It is rich with information about their history from its inception in 1866 to 2013.

This article itself is not about the history of Nestles, Inc, but rather about their blatant use of GMO foods in their every day food products that are stocked on our grocers shelves.

While the history of this company is interesting, the real purpose of this article is only to expose one of their products that is frequently advertized on T.V.

It is advertised as a "healthy" product for the elderly - when in fact it may be considered just the opposite.

''Pretty'' and "benign" appearing advertisements do sell products to those consumers who do not take the time, or make the effort, to find out what they are actually ingesting.

Nestles actual involvement in producing and using GMO products began in 2005 when they began to move away from being a 'processor' of agricultural commodities and towards becoming a 'producer' of food

['with added benefits' as they described it]

and ultimately becoming a 'provider' of a wide range of products and services in the areas of nutrition, health and wellness, that were (and still are) inundated with their GMO products.

2010 was a significant year for Nestles:

They faced their first challenge from Greenpeace who were reassured about Nestles' commitment to sustainable Palm Oil.

It was the first time to see social media being used in a substantial way to challenge Nestles and ask questions about their intentions.

They made no moves to change their position, but they took steps to both strengthen their position on the use of palm oil and to explain it more clearly.

Nestles launched the 'Nestle Cocoa Plan' which would supply 38 million high quality, disease-resistant plantlets to farmers helping them to rejuvenate their farms and increase productivity.

Embarking on their wide use of GMO food products.

The Nescafe Plan was also launched - investing $500 million to address 'responsible' farming, sourcing, and consumption across their coffee supply chain.

Everything that happened after 2010 was for the sole purpose of boosting and promoting their self image and to hide from the general public, the fact that they use GMO foods in their products.

Their ''summarizing of self'', that they put out to the public, states nothing about the safety of foods, or concerns about the health, safety, and welfare of the consumers.

Their stated 'business principles' are relevant however, but extremely vague, and not entirely truthful, about what they are doing (using palm oil that leads to deforestation for example) and referring to their "sustainable'' food products that are used in their products.

They may seem vague, and yet they are loudly (by their silence) advocating the use of GMO food products, that are unproven for safe use by humans.

One can only conclude that their popular {baby food products} also include GMO products in their list of ingredients; as does the popular product "BOOST" for the elder population.

(this is the very reason why these huge monopolies, with their multi-billion dollar annual profits, are so vehemently fighting against labeling foods that have GMO products in them.

Nestles' claims that 'BOOST' promotes health, may in fact, do the opposite.

Their ultimate goal is to promote a healthier profit margin at the expense of the good health of the elder population.

The "front label" on the bottles of Boost touts:

A "Complete Nutrutional Drink" that delivers High Quality Protein, 26 Essential Vitamins and Minerals, and an Excellent Source of Calcium and Vitamin D".

The "side label" states:

"Research shows that maintaining adequate protein intake is associated with protecting lean muscle" "Gluten Free" and "Lactose Free".

The "back label" states:

Ingredients: (listed in order of their amounts)

• water

• sugar

• Corn Syrup

• milk protein concentrate

• vegetable oil (canola, high oleic sunflower, corn)

• soy protein isolate,

• calcium caseinate,

• sodium caseinate

• the rest of the 38 trace ingredients all are present in less than 0.5% of the total.

Also on the label is a toll free number that one can call with questions and/or comments regarding their products (1-800-247-7893) or via email: (www.boost.com)

My phone call to this number was as follows:

I introduced myself and asked to speak to the nutritionist, and informed her i wanted to ask a question about the source of some of the ingredients.

She asked me which ones in particular.

Since Corn is #3 (after water and sugar) i asked if GMO corn was used in this product

She immediately became defensive and told me she would tell me the same thing she was told to tell all others who have called to inquire about this same question.

I was quite dismayed about what she said next.

"we are not concerned about using ANY GMO products. It is not illegal and sanctioned by the government.

I asked: "so you are telling me Nestle uses GMO products?"

She replied:

"If we are, we are NOT obliged to tell consumers and are protected from doing so by the government. So Nestles has chosen NOT to reveal the source of any of our ingredients. We have no intentions of changing ingredients as long as they are approved by the government".

I said ''thank you for your frankness. You have answered my question''.

The call was concluded.

This leads me to the conclusion that they do indeed make their products with GMO foods.

But most importantly the ultimate goal and concerns of Nestles Inc, is their profit factor and not the health, welfare, and safety of their customers.

As always, i advocate reading all labels before purchasing any food products that you feed yourself, your family, and mainly your children.

I also encourage everyone to call the 800 toll free number and let them know you are not happy with their using harmful products in their foods.

Most of us think that our one phone call has no significance, but that is far from the truth.

It is not the individual phone calls that matter, but rather the total number of those "individual" calls that cause businesses to change their policies.

There IS strength in numbers, and we, as consumers, have the right to decide what we want to feed ourselves and our children.

And most of all we have the right to demand openness and the removal of harmful ingredients, or adequate labeling to allow us to make an informed choice whether to ingest them, or not.

Personally i use very few Nestle products as they all contain known harmful ingredients such as hydrogenated oils, MSG, high fructose corn syrup, other corn products, preservatives that are known carcinogens, and more.....

There are many alternative brands that are making a concerted effort to provide us with safer foods in the form of organic, all natural, no preservatives, etc..., for us to choose from, rather than blindly support companies that show little concern about the safety, health and welfare of their customers.

by d.william 08/10/2013

The following is an extract from an email from SumOfUs.org :

Nestlé is taking 265 million liters of fresh Canadian water every year to bottle and sell off around the world -- and it does not pay a penny.

At a time when water is in short supply around the world, it is outrageous that Nestlé can draw limitless amounts of our natural resources to sell for a huge profit. Nestlé's chairman says that "extremist" NGOs are responsible for the idea that water is a human right, and that water should have a market price -- all while paying nothing to Canada.

Nestlé gets away with this due to a lack of proper regulation in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. With public outcry growing, the government says it’s considering a public consultation on the issue -- but hasn’t committed to any immediate action. Canada promotes itself to the world as a clean, untrammelled wilderness travel destination, and it cares about its reputation.

Nestlé draws water from the same aquifer as thousands of Canadian residents near Hope, BC -- and many of the residents who rely on the water are concerned.

“We have water that’s so clean and so pure, it’s amazing. And then they take it and sell it back to us in plastic bottles,” said one resident.

This freeloading by Nestlé is even more outrageous at a time when many parts of the world are facing extreme water shortage.

This isn’t the first time members of the SumOfUs.org community have spoken out against Nestlé extracting Canadian water with no consideration other than profit.

Earlier this year, more than 140,000 of you spoke out about Nestlé sucking up water from a Canadian watershed during droughts.

Thankfully, the Council of Canadians and Ecojustice won their tribunal ruling against Nestlé and the Ontario government office, and the water company can no longer extract water during drought conditions.

Now we need to speak out to take this victory against Nestlé to BC, too.

This company has hopped onto the greed wagon without restraint.

It continues to exploit people around the world without any fear of reprisal from the government.

Breaking news:

Headlines from watchdog.net:

NESTLE IS DRAINING PAKISTAN TO SELL US BOTTLED WATER!

Nestlé is draining Pakistan to sell us bottled water? Really?.

Nestlé is draining developing countries to produce its bottled water, destroying countries’ natural resources before forcing its people to buy their own water back.

Now it's in Pakistan.

Groundwater levels are plummeting, families are being driven into poverty, and whole areas are being rendered uninhabitable.

But we've still got time to help before Pakistan's water supply is completely tapped out — and if we show Nestlé its heartless policies are sparking a global backlash, we can stop it from decimating more of our natural resources.

Will you join us in demanding Nestlé stop draining Pakistan dry?

Visit watchdog.net for more details.