Will Dunkin' Donuts Go Egg- and Dairy-Free?

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-08-04 06:10:00 UTC
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Edit: I realize now that the title of this post may be misleading. This COK campaign isn't asking Dunkin' Donuts to go vegan altogether, but to remove eggs and dairy from its doughnuts specifically.

As many of you will recall, DC-based nonprofit Compassion over Killing had great success earlier this year getting Boca to stop using eggs in its products. As of 2010, no Boca foods will include eggs. What so excited me and impressed me about COK's campaign was that it didn't ask the company to go "cage-free" or "free-range" or to reduce its egg use--but to eliminate cruel egg use altogether.

And now COK has taken on a new project: asking Dunkin' Donuts to lose both the eggs and the dairy in its doughnuts, in addition to offering other vegan menu options.

I have to say that if this campaign succeeds, I'll be thrilled. I've never even had a sugary Dunkin' Donuts treat, but I haven't had a doughnut in years, and I crave them often (the paper, a doughnut, a mug of tea, and CBS's Sunday Morning were long a treasured weekend routine)--so with Dunkin' Donuts planning to open up shops in St. Louis soon, I would gladly make the trip there, potentially regularly, if they made this compassionate change. And one of my fellow animal-friendly bloggers is even promising to buy a doughnut every day for a year if Dunkin' comes through.

But so far, Dunkin' hasn't responded in an encouraging way: they report that they're considering purchasing some cage-free eggs and that their current egg supply is United Egg Producer-certified--which, frankly, is a joke. I'm glad that COK is standing firm in response:

Of course, it's encouraging that the company is "committed to actively exploring all animal-friendly alternatives," but we're not asking for cage-free eggs, nor are the United Egg Producers (UEP) battery cage guidelines any assurance at all. Why would Dunkin' Donuts tout that it sources its eggs from factory farms that follow the UEP guidelines? Learn more and see photos from inside UEP certified farms.

That's why it's so urgently important to continue contacting the company with your request for vegan menu items and to continue asking your friends and family to do the same.

Won't you please join us in asking Dunkin' Donuts to take the cruelty out of its doughnuts--and in the process increase its number of customers? E-mail the company here.

Then call the company at 1-800-859-5339.

And write to the CEO the old-fashioned way too:

Dunkin Brands
Attn: Nigel Travis
130 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021

See DunkinCruelty.com for more.

And, please, if you're inclined to praise that Dunkin' Donuts is considering cage-free eggs, see some of this blog's Cage-Free/Free-Range posts, including these:

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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