In my last post, I said I was going to boycott Kraft Heinz products. I also mentioned that this might be difficult, as Kraft Heinz, after they’re one of the largest food companies in the world. Well, it turns out they are the second largest, right behind Nestle.
Some time ago, Heinz started buying up various companies, including Bravo. In fact, when I wrote them a month or so ago, to complain about their unwillingness to warn me that they were discontinuing Bravo when I wrote them DAYS before the discontinuation, theydid offer up a bit of Bravo history to me:
“As for your inquiry regarding the history ofBravoPasta Sauce and it’s relationship toHeinz, I can provide some information for you.HeinzCanada acquired theBravoPasta Sauce product line in 2001, which was formerly owned by Borden Foods. The original company that launchedBravoPasta Sauce in the 1950’s is the Toronto Macaroni Factory, based in Willowdale, ON.”
They must have bought up dozens of other smaller food companies. Then in 2015, they merged with Kraft to make them the giant that they are today. Big companies only care about profits, and that’s why we’re in this pickle today. They claimed there wasn’t enough interest in Bravo and they discontinued it.
I did a little searching around and found a Facebook post by Denis Gauthier, another disgruntled Bravo fan, who also called for a boycott. Thank God that Denis is so diligent. He’s done my work for me.
Obviously, you can immediately boycott anything that is made by Kraft or Heinz, but I had no idea that a lot of these other brands were also subsidiaries of the conglomerate.
Here is a list of the Kraft Heinz brands to avoid:
Complete List of Kraft Foods Brands
Cheese and Dairy Products
•Breakstone’s
•Cheez Whiz
•Cracker Barrel Cheeses
•Knudsen
•Kraft Fresh Take
•Kraft String Cheese
•Kraft Natural Cheese
•Philadelphia Cream Cheeses
•Kraft Parmesan Cheese
•Kraft Singles
•Athenos
•Polly-O
•Velveeta
Meals and Side Dishes
•Boca Meatless Foods
•Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
•Lunchables
•Velveeta Shells and Cheese
•Velveeta Cheesy Skillets
•Shake ‘n Bake
•Stove Top
Hot Dogs, Bacon and Deli Meat
•Oscar Mayer
•Oscar Mayer Select
Condiments, Sauces and Dressings
•A1 sauces
•Claussen pickles
•Grey Poupon
•Kraft Barbecue Sauce
•Kraft Mayo
•Kraft Dressing
•Miracle Whip
•Planter’s Peanut Butter
•Taco Bell Home Original seasonings
Desserts and Baking/Cooking Goods
•Baker’s chocolate
•Cool Whip topping
•Jell-O
•Sure-Jell
•Kraft Caramels
•Jet-Puffed
Beverages
•Capri Sun juices
•Country Time
•Crystal Light
•Gevalia Kaffe
•Kool Aid
•Maxwell House
•Mio Liquid Water Enhancer
•Tassimo
•Yuban
Snacks
•Corn Nuts
•Planter’s Nuts
Thanks, Denis! I’m shopping in solidarity with you.
