Posted on 03/07/2023 7:25:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment.
The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, will follow in April.
The chocolates are made with oats instead of milk, Hershey said.
Hershey has experimented with vegan chocolate before. It sold an oat-based chocolate bar called Oat Made in some test markets starting in 2021. But the new products will be the first sold throughout the U.S. under the “Plant Based” label.
Hershey said consumers want choice and are looking for products they consider healthier or with fewer ingredients, including reduced sugar and plant-based options. Hershey also introduced an organic version of Reese’s Cups in February 2021.
Younger consumers, in particular, are looking to reduce consumption of animal-based products, says Euromonitor, a market research firm. In a 2021 survey, Euromonitor found that 54% of Generation Z consumers were restricting animal-based products from their diets, compared to 34% of Baby Boomers.
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First the “Her She” advertisement debacle, and now this.
What animals do chocolate and peanut butter come from?
How can they plant-base something that’s already plant-based?
What animals does milk come from?
Being lactose intolerant, I might try these.
WHAT!! They are taking all the meat out of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups???
Being bullshit intolerant, I will henceforth avoid Hershey’s products in general.
HerShees has gone full retard. Everyone knows you never go full retard.
The Wooly Chocobeast and the Southern Tawny Winged Peebe.
Plant based??? Bawaha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Cocoa beans are plant based!!
Idiots! What would Milton S. Hershey say????
They’re making a mockery outta this company!
The labeling is strange. Of course cocoa comes from plants but the focus is on the milk. These seem to be non-diary or vegan. Those who have problems with milk may like these. I guess the branding also appeals to the leftists.
The milk from cows. More wokism, since vegan is a very small market.
I’d say you should feel right at home in a blue state.
Racing towards the cliff, in overdrive!
What a way to finish destroying your brand!
New! Improved! With extra sawdust and insect paste.
Yes
I quit buying Hershey anything with the tranny spectacle. Added to the list of companies that I won’t do business with. That list is growing, yet I miss them not.
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