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What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by protein@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Tekkip20@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If I'm not mistaken Nestlé, the firm that makes various brands of chocolate, are known or at least have been known to include slavery in really poor parts of the world.

When I look at a bottle or a cuddly packaged bit of chocolate, I shudder to think the shit conditions that a person, a child even was forced or on crap pay to produce that from the cocoa farming..

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ne*tle also does this thing where they lie to mothers in 'third-world countries' (I hate that term but can't think of a better one rn) by telling them that their baby formula is better than actual milk, then give them some, which the mothers mix with dirty water, and when they can't afford the formula, they'll just give the babies plain dirty water.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An important part of that process that needs mentioning is that when the mothers are convinced by Nestle to feed their babies formula instead of their breast milk, their bodies will stop producing the milk before the baby is weaned from it.

So Nestle literally endangers babies' lives just to sell more baby formula.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

That's an important addition!

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Nestle also fucks up entire cities water supplies.