Morningstar Farms Responds!

I was totally suprised to get the following email from MorningStar this morning:

"Thank you for contacting us about the use of eggs in our Morningstar Farms® and Worthington® products. We are glad to hear you enjoy them and we appreciate the opportunity to explain our position regarding the source of egg ingredients used in our products.Our goal is to ensure that consumers have a choice when considering our brands. We currently offer several Morningstar Farms® and Worthington® products that do not contain eggs and are considered vegan. Some of these products are recent additions formulated to reduce our dependence on traditionally sourced eggs. Our Morningstar Farms® vegan products include:

Meal Starters™ Chik'n Strips
Meal Starters™ Steak Strips
Grillers® Original Vegan Burger
Meal Starters™ Grillers® Recipe Crumbles™
Meal Starters™ Sausage-Style Recipe Crumbles™
Vegan Burger made with Organic Soy

In addition, we offer 11 Worthington® products that are made without eggs.

In the last few weeks, our executives have authorized our team to fully determine the implications of the use of cage-free eggs in our products. As other companies have learned, there are issues of supply, cost and quality. We are also working with our team to make more of our Morningstar Farms products egg free.

We recognize that this is a sensitive issue and we are committed to actively exploring how we can use fewer or no caged eggs. We appreciate the information you provided to us.

Thank you, again, for your interest in our products.

Sincerely,

Consumer Affairs
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I was very pleased to hear back from them and to hear they are looking into using non-caged eggs. I know that supply and price are a major determining factor - but I hope they will find it a possible course of action.

In the mean time - if you feel similiarly as I do - write them, email them or call them! Consumers have a voice - let's use it. :)

Contact them here:
http://www.seeveggiesdifferently.com/contact_us.aspx

1-800-962-0120

Kellogg Consumer Affairs,
P.O. Box CAMB,
Battle Creek, MI 49016

And in the mean time I'm gonna try some of their vegan products. I think they look pretty darn good! Here's their vegan burger....yum!