Another Undercover Look at Eggs: How Much Cruelty in Your Dunkin' Donut?

categories: Activism and Actions, Dairy and Eggs, Farm Animals, Investigations and Rescues, Videos

Published September 15, 2009 @ 01:54PM PT

Last month, I wrote about Compassion Over Killing's "Dunkin' Cruelty" campaign (link best opened in a browser other than IE) aimed at getting the popular chain to remove egg and dairy from its doughnuts, in addition to providing vegan menu options. But despite COK's concerted efforts and the many e-mails, calls, and letters from customers and potential customers of Dunkin' Donuts, the company has all but ignored the campaign and the information provided on the cruelties of dairy and eggs.

They'll have a hard time ignoring this latest aspect of the campaign.

A Compassion Over Killing investigator went undercover at Michael Foods last month to document the standard (but sickening) egg-industry cruelties perpetuated by Michael Foods and companies like it. Michael Foods supplies eggs to many restaurant chains -- Dunkin' Donuts included. Especially if you eat eggs or eat foods with eggs in them, please take 5 minutes to watch this video:

Learn more here. Then take action and tell Dunkin' that you want no part of this, that you don't want this in your doughnuts. Don't stop there, though. Hens don't suffer any more or less for Dunkin' Donuts eggs than for any other eggs you may be eating. This is standard. And we don't need eggs.

But if anyone is inclined to note that this investigation shows a battery-cage facility and argue that therefore all we need to do is call on Dunkin' Donuts to go "cage free," I ask that you please explore the "Cage Free and Free Range" category of posts, including the posts on the recent hatchery investigation and such other posts as "No Such Thing as Humane 'Cage-Free' Eggs (Still)."

We have no nutritional needs that eggs meet and plant-based foods can't. And once you know why and how, saying adios to eggs and replacing them is quite easy -- certainly worlds easier than the all-but-impossible task of finding a truly humane egg.

And finally, in the comment thread to this blog's first post on the Dunkin' Cruelty campaign, some readers expressed concern that removing dairy and eggs from doughnuts would mean less or changed flavor -- not so! Other commenters assured those concerned that vegan doughnuts are just as tasty as the cruelty-added versions, but if you need more convincing, check out this recent note (and mouth-watering photos) from the COK campaign's Facebook page: "We asked a few of our neighbors to taste Vegan Treats' donuts and tell us if they could taste a difference between the vegan ones we gave them and the non-vegan ones they usually eat. The unanimous answer was NO, they couldn’t taste any difference!"

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Heartbreaking photo at top courtesy the COK undercover investigation

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It's the shame ! It's evil

I hope i will see the day, when animals will be free ad respected.

Why gouvernements doesn't punish people who do that ?

THEY 'RE SADICS ! I HATE THEM FOR EVER.

Posted by LE GRAND KAROLINE on 09/15/2009 @ 03:17PM PT
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I just posted my delicious VEGAN donuts on my blog a few weeks ago. They tasted even better than cruelty filled desserts, not only because you won't feel guilty after eating them, but because heavy ingredients like eggs, butter, milk, etc, often mask the light hint of spice and the gentle flavors that *should* shine through in a dessert. And no, you don't have to find fancy egg replacers (I've never used them!). Vegan is simple and delicious!

Thank you for always pointing out that we shouldn't move towards CAGE FREE, that there is no such thing as humane animal slaughter. We should move towards VEGANISM.

Thank you for another wonderful post, I'm always amazed by your consistency and talent.

Posted by The Voracious Vegan . on 09/16/2009 @ 04:07AM PT
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Sounds absolutely delicious! :-)

Posted by Kathy Jackson on 09/16/2009 @ 09:36AM PT
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It is so evil. Please let us all fight to stop this.

I am trying the best I can here in Norway.

Posted by Reidun Carstens on 09/17/2009 @ 01:14PM PT
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"These birds and animals and fish cannot speak, but they can suffer, and our God who created them, knows their sufferings, and will hold him who causes them to suffer unnecessarily to answer for it. It is a sin against their Creator." ~ George Q. Cannon, Animal Activist

Posted by Jade Golden on 09/17/2009 @ 10:08PM PT
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The point is, if eggs and dairy are unnecessary, why use them? Plus, making donuts and muffins without the perishable egg-and-dairy products is good for DD's bottom line; why can't they consider that they'll save money and win customers?

Posted by Fallopia Tuba on 09/19/2009 @ 11:57PM PT
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and so many people get fooled by the "free range" myth also...

Posted by Soodle Billy on 10/01/2009 @ 12:59PM PT
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Posted by Jade Golden on 10/01/2009 @ 04:33PM PT
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