Beanfeast
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In Britain
, Beanfeast is a vegetarian processed food made from soya
. It is sold in dried form, in packets, to be mixed with water and boiled. The cooked product resembles mince
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It is marketed in three varieties - Savoury Mince, Bolognese Style and Mexican Chilli.
, when it was found to contain genetically modified (GM) soya. The sales of the product dropped by 50%. After a meeting with Greenpeace in April 1999 , Unilever agreed to remove GM ingredients.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Beanfeast is a vegetarian processed food made from soya
Soybean
The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...
. It is sold in dried form, in packets, to be mixed with water and boiled. The cooked product resembles mince
Mince
Mińce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....
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It is marketed in three varieties - Savoury Mince, Bolognese Style and Mexican Chilli.
Genetic modification
Beanfeast was the focus of protests against its manufacturer, UnileverUnilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
, when it was found to contain genetically modified (GM) soya. The sales of the product dropped by 50%. After a meeting with Greenpeace in April 1999 , Unilever agreed to remove GM ingredients.