Love unlike religion is unconditional: Kamal Haasan on Akshara's interest in Buddhism

A few news reports suggested that Akshara Haasan had converted to Buddhism.

Actor Kamal Haasan who has declared himself as an atheist several times recently took to Twitter to ask his daughter, Akshara, if she'd "changed her religion".

Akshara had reportedly told a newspaper that she had converted to Buddhism as she was drawn to its principles.

Responding to the media reports, Kamal tweeted asking Akshara if she'd changed her religion and also added that he loved her all the same.

"Love unlike religeon (sic) is unconditional. Enjoy life" the actor said.

Kamal Haasan 

✔@ikamalhaasan

Hi. Akshu. Have you changed your religeon? Love you, even if you have. Love unlike religeon is unconditional. Enjoy life . Love- Your Bapu

12:43 PM - Jul 28, 2017

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Akshara replied to her father, clarifying that she was still an atheist and that she was drawn to Buddhism as a way of life.

Kamal Haasan 

 ✔@ikamalhaasan

Hi. Akshu. Have you changed your religeon? Love you, even if you have. Love unlike religeon is unconditional. Enjoy life . Love- Your Bapu

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Kutty Haasan @aksharahaasan1

Hi bapuji. No, still an atheist. Although i agree with budhism as it is a way of life and in an individuals way of life.

1:09 PM - Jul 28, 2017

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Kutty Haasan @aksharahaasan1

Replying to @ikamalhaasan

Hi bapuji. No, still an atheist. Although i agree with budhism as it is a way of life and in an individuals way of life.

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Kutty Haasan @aksharahaasan1

Love from your daughter akshu.

1:10 PM - Jul 28, 2017

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On Anbudan DD, a talk show on Vijay TV, Shruti Haasan, Kamal's elder daughter and Akshara's sister, had said that she was the only believer in the family who went to temples regularly.

While his contemporary Rajinikanth is quite religious, Kamal has prided himself on being a rationalist who has rejected religion. Over the years, he has been accused of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus as well as Muslims because of his statements and films, with the actor alleging that all of it was politically motivated.

Akshara is currently looking forward to the release of her Tamil film Vivegam, in which she has acted with Ajith. She has also worked as an assistant director previously and made her Bollywood debut with Shamitabh in which she acted along with Dhanush and Amitabh Bachchan.

The open-minded exchange between father and daughter on a volatile subject like religion has created a stir on Twitter, with people applauding them but also asking why they couldn't have discussed this in person.

(Source: TNM)

India Today magazine cover goes viral in China, triggers Photoshop battle

The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral in China. The cover that has a map of China in the shape of a large chicken also has a smaller Pakistan by its side, again in the shape of a chick, in green. 

The covers of the India Today magazine have always been iconic, ingenious and often controversial.
The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Wiebo, the country's substitute for Twitter, and the Chinese are not pleased with the cover.
The latest issue of the India Today magazine has the map of China, in red, in the shape of a big chicken and a smaller chick -- Pakistan, in green -- by its side, along with captions that read "China's new chick" and "How China is buying out Pakistan with massive new investments and why India needs to worry", below it.

India Today magazine July 20 issue cover that has gone viral in China

The Chinese are fuming seeing the cover. Their main contention is that the map on the cover doesn't show Tibet and Taiwan as its part. In retaliation, there are op-eds, sharply criticising the magazine and India as a whole, being written on Chinese newspapers, and Chinese social media users Photoshopping their answers on to India Today magazine covers.

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Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan

.@IndiaToday cover (left) goes viral on Weibo, GT ed Hu Xijin puts out video attacking it, & Chinese users post mockup in revenge (right)

4:40 PM - Jul 27, 2017 · Beijing, People's Republic of China

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All this while there is a tense standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam.

Meanwhile, the India Today magazine cover on China and Pakistan's growing friendship has been selected as the 'The Cover of the Day' by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), New York.

Ashish Bagga, Group CEO, India Today Group, said, "Getting featured in SPD, New York, reflects on India Today's commitment to set international standards in journalism. Powerful take on pertinent issues is the hallmark of impactful reportage and insights. For India Today, we are happy that we have serviced the Thinking Indian well."

An article on China's Global Times said, "Such hysterical geopolitical imagination is nothing new. What is new, however, is the erroneous exclusion of Tibet and Taiwan from Chinese territory."

It also said, "China and India are currently locked in a border standoff. Some Indian elites understandably hate China and want to carve away Tibet and Taiwan. But they know this is an impossibility, so they are reduced to drawing an illustration. It is more ludicrous when the magazine proudly proclaimed that the cover was selected as the "The Cover of the Day" by the Society of Publication Designers, New York."

A report in the South China Morning Post read, "But Chinese netizens griped over the exclusion of Taiwan and Tibet from China's map. The Chinese government claims sovereignty over both places, considering Taiwan a renegade province and Tibet an autonomous region, but there are long-standing political tensions over the government's control of these areas."

The Taiwan News, a Taiwanese news outlet, however, welcomed India Today's cover. A report said, "In a bizarre reversal of fortune, instead of the usual erroneous inclusion of Taiwan in a map of China, the cover of the latest issue of the magazine India Today, not only excludes Taiwan from Chinese territory, but it also carved away Tibet from its posterior, while a tiny green chick in the shape of Pakistan stands behind it."

The outlet also included comments of Taiwanese netizens, who were glad to see the new map.

Sample these:
"This is the correct version of the map."

"India has finally done a positive thing that the world can look up to."

"China really gets worked up if there's no Taiwan."

"Come and eat Indian curry today."

"That's a good cover, why not buy one?"

(Source: India Today)

How Shiva was transformed from a meat-loving deity to a vegetarian god

And why banning the sale of meat along the Kanwariya route is specially ironic.

Kembavi Bhogayya, a worshipper of Shiva, was once visited by the god himself, but in the guise of a stranger carrying a dead calf. The stranger requested Bhogayya to cook the meat of the calf and he complied. Preparing several delicious dishes out of it, Bhogayya served them to the stranger.

But the Brahmins in Bhogayya’s village gathered and condemned him for cooking beef. They attacked his house with sticks and threatened him to leave the village immediately. Hearing the commotion, the stranger disappeared and Bhogayya left the village angrily.

The story (which shares many similarities with the spate of mob lynchings in India currently) is part of the Basava Purana, written in the 13th century CE by Palkuriki Somanatha. The epic is the primary text of the Lingayats, who worship Shiva in the form of a linga (phallus).

Unlike the gory turn to the recent episodes of mob violence in India, this story had a happy end. Bhogayya’s exit from the village was followed by the exit of all the lingas, leaving death and penury behind. Realising their folly, the Brahmins apologised to Bhogayya. His homecoming was followed by the return of the lingas and prosperity to the village.

Meat matters
Another aspect of Bhogayya’s tale also stands in contrast to the story in India today.

Last week, several publications reported that the government in Uttar Pradesh had banned the sale of meat and eggs in Dadri. This was done to facilitate the Kanwar Yatra, an annual march to the Ganges in Haridwar, where devotees collect water from the holy river in pots that is then offered to Shiva. The pilgrimage is undertaken during the month of Shravan (which falls in July-August), dedicated to Shiva.

The ban is ironical, given Shiva’s penchant for meat (as the above story shows) and highlights how Hindutva’s forced vegetarianism runs contrary to the beliefs and practices of several Indic sects.

Shiva, a Puranic god, started small as Rudra (meaning savage or wild) in the Rig Veda. A minor god, with only two and a half hymns dedicated to him, Rudra is attractive, with a tawny complexion and matted hair. A forest dweller and an ace archer, he hunts and eats his prey. Rudra gains prominence in the Yajur Veda (particularly the Krishna Yajur Veda, one of the two sections the text is grouped into) where he acquires several names, including Shiva, and many traits perceived as sinister. Much like how Krishna was transformed from a tribal deity to a supreme god in the Puranic tradition, here Rudra is merged with a non-Aryan mountain deity.

Thus, from being a well-built muscular god, he becomes an old and poor dwarf with disheveled hair. Interestingly, he also starts displaying opposing characteristics such as being the protector of cattle (pashupati) as well as the slaughterer of cattle (pashughna), traits that signify and embody in Shiva the duality of the world.

In the Atharva Veda, the gruesome associations multiply. Rudra is said to delight in the offering of certain body parts, such as the liver of sacrificial victims. He is also hailed as the god of thieves and cheats and the lord of demons.

His role as a destroyer becomes more prominent in Puranic literature. The supreme being of fierce wrath, Rudra-Shiva now holds a trident, is dressed in tiger skin and sits next to his powerful consort, Shakti (known variously as Parvati and Uma). His macabre traits are heightened in the Mahabharata, with references to him being “extremely violent in temper, fully armed…greedy of cooked meat and rice…quarrel maker…hungry for foetus-flesh like a jackal”. In another episode, Bhishma explains the function of Shiva as one who would end the world by “devouring the creation”. Shiva’s fondness for meat is further emphasised when Jarasandha, a devotee of Shiva, keeps kings as captives only to kill them and offer their flesh to Shiva.

Shiva’s meat-eating habits find a clear voice in the Vedas as well as the Puranas, but his association with wine-drinking seems a later appendage. Although Shiva lives in Mount Mujavat, which is also the place where the intoxicating Soma plant grows, he is not described as consuming the Soma drink in the Puranic literature.

In post-Puranic literature, Shiva not only consumes intoxicating drinks but also smokes marijuana. Furthermore, his consort, Shakti, complements Shiva’s preference for meat by consuming the flesh of humans and animals alike.

Taming of the deity
The transformation of the northern half of the subcontinent from a pastoral (12th century BCE) to an agricultural (6th century BCE) economy is reflected in the changing food habits of the gods. Whereas meat was an important offering for the pastoral Vedic gods, the sedentary Puranic gods were largely vegetarian. It is interesting to note that such a change is not reflected in Shiva’s personality. Shiva’s meat eating habits become more defined in the early Puranic literature. Therefore, it is unclear as to when the vegetarianism acquired by Brahmins and other upper castes tamed the wild Shiva.

By the time later Puranas were written (8th century CE) the change was complete. For the high tradition, defined by Brahmins, Shiva became a vegetarian god. The sects offering meat to Shiva as a prayer ritual, such as the Kaula Kapalikas and the Kalamukhas, were declared heretical according to the Skanda Purana. Not only did the Kapalikas drink wine and eat meat out of human skulls, they also indulged in sexual practices prohibited by Brahmanism. Similarly, philosopher Abhinavagupta’s Kashmir Shaivism required the consumption of wine and meat to perform Kula yoga to please Shiva. Bhogayya and his tradition of Virashaivism were also heretical for this reason.

The community of Kanphata Jogis that Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh – where restrictions on food stalls along the Kanwar Yatra route have been imposed – belongs to also has a history of eating meat and drinking wine as part of the ritual worship to Shiva.

Despite the enforced vegetarianism, Shiva’s association with meat has persisted. A devotee of Shiva himself, perhaps Adityanath could learn much from Tamil poet and saint Appar, one of three famous Nayanars (Shaivites), who in the sixth century penned:

“Why roam in forest and town?
Why practice extreme penance?
Why give up meat, why stare into space?
The Lord’s blessing is yours only if you say,
He is wise.”

(Source: Scroll)

In 1966, The Beatles were banned from the Philippines because they declined a breakfast invitation

After the Beatles released their album Rubber Soul at the end of 1965 and then recorded Revolver, they decided to embark on a world tour. These two albums contained music that, according to the group members, was quite difficult to perform onstage. That challenge was, however,  overshadowed by a crisis that the band faced in the Philippines when their very lives were at risk.

In July 1966 the Beatles toured the Philippines and unintentionally snubbed First Lady Imelda Marcos. Accustomed to high praise if not worship, she invited the group to attend a breakfast reception at the Presidential Palace in Manila, expecting the group to attend without hesitation.  When the Beatles were presented with the invitation, however, they asked their manager, Brian Epstein, to politely decline it on behalf of the group, with an explanation that it had never been their policy to accept such “official” invitations.

Soon after, the band realized that the Marcos regime had rarely heard “no” from anyone–and there would be consequences. Imelda Marcos was infuriated when she found out that her grand planned party of 200 guests would not include the Beatles as special guests. Interestingly enough, the Philippine television and radio stations broadcast the snub. Shortly after, all of the Beatles security police suddenly disappeared. Epstein called for an interview, trying to make an apology on Chanel 5 at the Manila Hotel. But when his interview was about to be aired, the state-controlled channel blacked out.

The hotel where the group stayed was attacked by angry fans, so the Beatles and their entourage had to swiftly make their escape to the Manila International Airport on their own. Reportedly, while they were walking down the halls of the hotel, the staff lined up and shouted angrily at them in Spanish and English.

When they approached the terminal and tried to move through, little groups of demonstrators came up, grabbing at the Beatles and trying to hit them. The band members were pushed around by the hostile crowd and their road manager, Mal Evans, suffered a few physical injuries as he was beaten and kicked. Later, Ringo Starr stated that people from the crowd were spitting at them. The Beatles managed to join a group of nuns and monks, and, trying to hide among them, checked in for their flight as quickly as they could. Other members of their entourage were also physically attacked, suffering small injuries.

The Beatles said later that they couldn’t even differentiate between the angry mob and the police who were carrying guns and also tried to attack them. Lennon reported that he was hearing people screaming, “You are treated like ordinary passengers!” as they pushed the band members and their team around. He noted that actual “ordinary passengers” were not treated as badly.

Imelda Romualdez-Marcos with former President Ferdinand Marcos and family during the 1965 inauguration

Paul McCartney said, “When we got on the plane, we were all kissing the seats. It was a feeling as if we’d found sanctuary. We had definitely been in a foreign country where all the rules had changed, and they carried guns. So we weren’t too gung-ho about it at all.” Ringo reportedly remembered being afraid of going to jail.

Once the group boarded the plane, Epstein and Evans were ordered off, and Evans feared that he would be imprisoned or even executed. Epstein was forced to pay tax authorities £6,800, the money they had made from their Manila shows, and also had to sign the tax bond verifying the exchange before being allowed back on the plane.

John Lennon said about the Philippines, “If we go back, it will be with an H-bomb. I won’t even fly over the place.”

(Source: The Vintage News)

Toxic chocolate

If you have a sweet tooth, you may have read studies talking about the health benefits associated with eating moderate amounts of chocolate. But our research has found a potential health risk in popular chocolate products that’s been flying under the radar – some chocolate contains toxic metals like lead and cadmium.

As You Sow has conducted independent laboratory testing of 70 chocolate products for lead and cadmium. We found that 45 of the 70 chocolate products contain lead and/or cadmium above the safe harbor threshold of California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). Based on these results, we have filed notices with 18 manufacturers, including Trader Joe’s, Hershey’s, Mondelēz, Lindt, Whole Foods, Kroger, Godiva, See’s Candies, Mars, Theo Chocolate, Equal Exchange,  Ghirardelli, Earth Circle Organics, and more, for failing to provide the legally required warning to consumers that the products contain cadmium or lead, or both.

No level of lead is safe for children. Lead exposure has been a significant public health issue for decades. Lead is linked to a variety of neurological impairments, including learning disabilities, seizures, and a lower IQ. Developing fetuses and children are especially vulnerable to lead exposure because their brains are in critical growth and development stages.

“As underscored by the Flint disaster, humans have contaminated our environment with lead, and now we must do everything in our power to protect ourselves and our children, who are the most vulnerable of us, from every possible exposure,” said Sean Palfrey, MD,  a pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at Boston University School of Medicine. “Young children and pregnant women especially should avoid exposure to lead.”

Cadmium can cause damage to the kidney, liver, and bones, while also impairing neurobehavioral development. Lead and cadmium are both listed under the act as reproductive toxins.

California law ensures consumers receive warnings before they are harmed. To protect consumers, companies should take immediate steps to remove these toxic heavy metals from their products or, at a minimum, to provide consumers with warnings according to Proposition 65. If the heavy metals are not removed, people need to be informed so they can protect themselves and their families.

Consumers’ input is important to food manufacturers and we, as consumers, should make companies aware that we take this issue seriously. If your favorite manufacturer is on the warning-required list, call, tweet, or otherwise ask them to remove or reduce the heavy metals from their products. Investors should also consider potential risk if they own shares of these companies.

As You Sow, a consumer health protection organization, commissioned an independent state-certified laboratory to measure levels of lead and cadmium in 50 chocolate products available at retailers across California. The chart below reflects testing of chocolate that was performed in 2015 and 2016. The colors of the chart indicate whether, pursuant to test results, the product requires a warning under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.

* The asterisk reflects testing that was performed in 2016.


Manufacturer
Product
Warning Required 

Alfred Ritter Gmbh & Co Kg
Ritter Sport 73% Cocoa Fine Extra Dark Chocolate with fine cocoa from Ecuador
Lead and Cadmium*


Endangered Species Chocolate, LLC
Endangered Species Chocolate Natural Dark Chocolate with 88% Cocoa
Lead and Cadmium*


Equal Exchange, Inc.
Equal Exchange Organic & Fairly Traded Dark Chocolate Very Dark (71% Cacao)
Lead and Cadmium


Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Premium Baking Bar 100% Cacao Unsweetened Chocolate
Lead and Cadmium*


Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Godiva Chocolatier 85% Cacao Extra Dark Chocolate
Lead and Cadmium


Hershey Company
Dagoba Organic Chocolate New Moon Rich Dark Chocolate (74% Cacao)
Lead and Cadmium*


Hershey Company
Dagoba Organic Chocolate Eclipse Extra Strong Dark Chocolate (87% Cacao)
Lead and Cadmium*


Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Cote D'Or 86% Noir Brut Belgian Dark Chocolate Confection
Lead and Cadmium*


Lake Champlain Chocolates
Lake Champlain Chocolates Dark Chocolate Organic (57% Cocoa)
Lead and Cadmium*


Lindt & Sprungli (Usa) Inc.
Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa Extra Dark Chocolate Bar
Lead and Cadmium*


Lindt & Sprungli (Usa) Inc.
Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Smooth Dark Chocolate Bar
Lead and Cadmium*


Mars, Incorporated
Dove Eggs Dark Chocolate Silky Smooth
Lead and Cadmium*


Mondelez International, Inc.
Green & Black's Organic Dark 85% Cacao Bar
Lead and Cadmium*


Newman's Own Organics- The Second Generation, Inc.
Newman's Own Organics The Second Generation Super Dark Chocolate Premium Organic Chocolate 70% Cocoa
Lead and Cadmium*


See's Candies, Inc.
See's Candies Premium Extra Dark Chocolate Bar 62% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Taza Chocolate
Taza Mexicano Super Dark Direct Trade 85% Dark
Lead and Cadmium


The Kroger Co.
Private Selection 72% cacao Dark Chocolate Swiss Bar
Lead and Cadmium


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's The Dark Chocolate Lover's Chocolate Bar 85% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Dominican Republic 70% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate 73% Cacao Super Dark
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company

Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Tanzania 73% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Peru 60% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Ecuador 66% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Venezuela 70% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Papua New Guinea 70% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Whole Foods Market, Inc.
365 Everyday Value Organic Dark Chocolate Coconut 56% Cacao
Lead and Cadmium*


Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Whole Foods 72% cacao Organic Dark Chocolate & Almond Tanzania Schoolhouse Project
Lead and Cadmium


Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier
Bissinger's All natural 60% dark chocolate, whole almonds
Lead*


Cadbury Uk Ltd
Cadbury Mini Eggs Royal Dark Dark Chocolate With A Crisp Sugar Shell
Lead*


Cadbury Uk Ltd
Cadbury Royal Dark Dark Chocolate Indulgent Semi-Sweet
Lead*


Creative Natural Products, Inc.
Chocolove Extra Strong Dark Chocolate- 77% Cocoa Content
Lead*


Creative Natural Products, Inc.
Chocolove Strong Dark Chocolate Bar 70% Cocoa Content
Lead*


Endangered Species Chocolate, LLC
Endangered Species Chocolate Natural Dark Chocolate (72% Cocoa)
Lead*


Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Godiva Chocolatier 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate
Lead*


Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Godiva Chocolatier 50% Cacao Dark Chocolate Sea Salt
Lead


Hershey Company
Hershey's Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate
Lead*


Moonstruck Chocolate Co
Moonstruck Solid Dark Chocolate Hand-Painted Calico Bunny
Lead*


Moonstruck Chocolate Co.
Moonstruck Dark Chocolate Chile Variado (68% cacao)
Lead


See's Candies, Inc.
See's Candies 4.5 oz Sitting Rabbit Dark Chocolate
Lead*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Swiss 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate
Lead*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Pound Plus 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate
Lead*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Bar Toffee With Walnuts and Pecans (70% cacao)
Lead


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Pound Plus- Dark Chocolate
Lead*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Sao Tome 70% Cacao
Lead*


Trader Joe's Company
Trader Joe's Single Origin Chocolate Passport Ghana 70% Cacao
Lead*


Vosges, Ltd.
Wild Ophelia All Natural New Orleans Chili Dark Chocolate Bar (70% cacao)
Lead


Earth Circle Foods Dba River Canyon Retreat Inc.
Earth Circle Organics Organic Balinese Cacao Nibs Cold Pressed
Cadmium


Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Intense Dark Twilight Delight (72% Cacao)
Cadmium*


Hershey Company
Scharffen Berger Extra Dark Fine Artisan Dark Chocolate (82% cacao)
Cadmium*


Hershey Company
Scharffen Berger Semisweet Fine Artisan Dark Chocolate (62% cacao)
Cadmium*


Mars, Incorporated
Dove Silky Smooth Dark Chocolate Bar
Cadmium*


Taza Chocolate
Taza Wicked Dark 95% Stone Ground Organic Chocolate
Cadmium*


Theo Chocolate
Theo Organic Fair Trade Pure 85% Dark Chocolate
Cadmium*


Albertson's, LLC (SuperValu, Inc.)
Wild Harvest Organic Rich Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
No warning required


DeMet's Candy Company
Flipz 50% cacao Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzels
No warning required


Ferrero USA Inc.
Ferrero Collection Fine assorted Confections
No warning required


Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghiradelli Intense Dark Midnight Reverie (86% Cacao)
No warning required


Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Milk Chocolate Eggs
No warning required*


Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Premium Baking Bar 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate
No warning required*


Hershey Company
Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate
No warning required*


Hershey Company
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Eggs
No warning required*


Hershey Company
Hershey's Solid Milk Chocolate Snapsy Snap-Apart Bunny Easy To Snap And Share
No warning required*


Jo's Candies
Jo's Candies Dark Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers All Natural
No warning required


Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
Toblerone Swiss Milk Chocolate Bar with Honey and Almond Nougat
No warning required


Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Inc.
Lindt Excellence A Touch of Sea Salt Dark (with Fleur de Sel sea salt crystals)
No warning required


Lindt & Sprungli Gmbh (Germany)
Lindt Gold Bunny Milk Chocolate
No warning required*


Mars, Incorporated
CocoaVia Daily Cocoa Extract Supplement
No warning required


Mars, Incorporated
Snickers
No warning required


Mars, Incorporated
Snickers Bar
No warning required*


Mars, Incorporated
M&M's Chocolate Candies Milk Chocolate, Made with Real Milk Chocolate
No warning required*


Mars, Incorporated
Dove Solid Milk Chocolate Bunny Silky Smooth
No warning required*


Mondelez International, Inc.
Green & Black's Organic Milk Chocolate (34% Cacao)
No warning required*


Mondelez International, Inc.
Toblerone of Switzerland Milk Chocolate with Honey and Almond Nougat
No warning required*


Mondelez International, Inc.
Green & Black's Organic Milk Chocolate (34% Cacao)
No warning required


Nestle Holdings, Inc.
Ovaltine Classic Malt Mix
No warning required


Nestle Holdings, Inc.
Nestle Crunch
No warning required


Nestle Holdings, Inc.
Nestle Crunch Milk Chocolate with Crisped Rice
No warning required*


Russell Stover Candies, LLC
Russell Stover Milk Chocolate Break-Apart Bunny
No warning required*


Starbucks Corporation
Starbucks Dark Chocolate covered grahams
No warning required*


The Hershey Company
Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate
No warning required


The Hershey Company
Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
No warning required


Whitman's Candies, Inc.
Whitman's Solid Milk Chocolate Rabbit
No warning required*

(Source: As You Sow)