Breakfast cereals | Quaker Oats, Shreaded Wheat | Pesticides. Too much salt. |
Cooking oil | Flora, Crisp & Dry, Olivio | Non GM purity issues. |
Soup | Heinz, Knorr | Too much sugar, salt and additives. Some ethical issues. |
Sports shoes | Fila, Nike, Umbro | Use of child labour. |
Yoghurt | Danone, St Ivel Shape, Ski | Animal welfare issues. |
Potato Crisps Chips (in USA) | KP, Pringles, Smiths | Poor nutrition, high levels of GM ingredients. |
Chocolate | Kit-Kat, Mars, Galaxy | Poor nutrition, unfair trade, use of sprays. |
Bananas | Chiquita | Unfair trade practices, poor wages and conditions for workers. |
Bottled water | Malvern, Perrier, Vittel | Questions about purity and transport. |
Soft drinks | Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Ribena | Too much sugar, caffeine and acids. |
Batteries | Boots, Panasonic, Sony | Contain cadmium which is toxic. |
Household cleaners | Ajax, Cif, Domestos | Pollute rivers. |
Laundry detergents | Persil, Surf | Bad for the environment. |
Toys | Disney, Fisher-Price | Produced in Asian sweatshops; hazardous waste products. |
Computers | Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Siemens | Contain lead and mercury which are toxic. |
Television, Video | Aiwa, Sony, JVC | Waste materials difficult to recycle. |