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A quick note on our tiers:
Tier 1: Indigenous/POC Owned — Businesses that are owned and operated by Indigenous/Native American/First Nations communities or communities of color
Tier 2: Certified Sustainable — Businesses that have a certification of sustainability (Rainforest Alliance Certified, Fair Trade, Organic, etc.)
Tier 3: Family Affordable — Businesses that are affordable and widely available alternatives to Nestle/Starbucks products
Hot Chocolate Mix
T1: Cru Dark Hot Chocolate , Cultura Haiti Drinking Chocolate, Cuidado Diario Hot Cocoa
T2: Green & Black Hot Chocolate (Organic & vegan) , Cadbury Drinking Chocolate, Lake Champlain Organic Hot Chocolate (vegan & organic), Equal Exchange Organic Hot Cocoa Mix (Organic), Bare Life Coconut Hot Cocoa Mix (Vegan), Cocoa Lovers Organic Hot Cocoa, Cocoa Santé Hot Cocoa (Equal Partner Direct Buying Program), Acali Drinking Chocolate,
T3: Double Chocolate Premium Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa (Lindt & Sprüngli Sustainable Farming Program), Godiva Hot Chocolate (Member of World Cocoa Foundation), Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
Baking/Chocolate
NESTLE: Libby’s, Toll House, Abuelita, Carnation, Aero
T1: Native Harvest Wild Rice Baking Mixes, Red Lake Nation Baking Mixes, Bedré Chocolates
T2: Annie's Baking Mix, Foodstirs Baking Mix line, Endangered Species Chocolate
T3: Krusteaz Baking Mix line, Great Value Baking Mix line, Russell Stover
Coffee
NESTLE: Nescafe, Taster’s Choice, Coffee-Mate, Nespresso, Chameleon Cold Brew, Blue Bottle Coffee, Starbucks (Nestle-affiliated), Dolce Gusto
T1: Red Lake Coffee, Spirit Bear Coffee, Marley Coffee, Native Harvest Whole Bean Coffee, Birch Bark Coffee Co., Aboriginal Coffee, Thunder Island Coffee, Star Village Coffee, Native American Tea Co.
T2: Jasper Coffee, Peace Coffee, Wolfgang Puck Coffee, Stumptown
T3: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Dunkin Donuts, Caribou Coffee, Peet's
Culinary, Chilled, and Frozen Foods
NESTLE: Buitoni, Lean Cuisine, California Pizza Kitchen, DiGiorno, Hot Pockets, Stouffer’s, Sweet Earth, Tombstone, Jack’s Pizza, Outsider’s, Wildscape, Minor’s, Maggi, Trio, Chef-mate, Terrafertil
T1: Native Harvest Wild Rice Soup Mixes, Red Lake Nation Foods, Native Harvest, Ramona Farms, Tribe to Table
T2: Amy's, Annie’s
T3: Great Value Frozen Foods, Bertolli Foods
Drinks
NESTLE: Arrowhead, Deer Park, Ice Mountain, Ozarka, Poland Spring, Zephyrhills, Acqua Panna, Perrier, S.Pellegrino, San Pellegrino, Nestle Pure Life, Nesquik, Ovaltine, Sunkist, Sunsational, Nestle Vitality, Milo, Nido
T1: 2TWater
T2: Icelandic Glacial Bottled Water, Just Water, Asarasi Sparkling Water
T3: Original New York Seltzer, La Croix Sparkling Waters, Spindrift Sparkling Waters
Ice Cream
NESTLE: SOLD
T1: Coolhaus Ice Cream
T2: Ben & Jerry's, Alden's Organic Ice Cream, Ample Hills Creamery
T3: Market Pantry Ice Cream, Blue Bunny, Great Value Ice Cream products
Infant Nutrition
NESTLE: Gerber
T1: Yummy Spoonfuls
T2: Plum Organics, Once Upon a Farm Organics
T3: Up & Up Baby Food, Enfamil Infant Formula
Pet Care
NESTLE: Purina, Friskies, Purina ONE, Cat/Dog Chow, Fancy Feast, Beneful, Tidy Cats, Alpo, Beggin’, Bella, Beyond, Busy, DentalLife, Frosty Paws, Honest to Dog, Moist & Meaty, The Pioneer Woman, Prime Bones, Pro Plan, Puppy Chow, SecondNature, Trekker’s, Waggin’ Train, BREEZE, Deli Cat, Kit % Kaboodle, Muse, Whisker Lickin’s, Yesterday’s News
T1: Tribe to Table
T2: Grandma Lucy's, Open Farm Pet
T3: Instinct Pet Food, Meow Mix
Health Science (formerly skin care/beauty)
NESTLE: Alfamino, Beneprotein, Boost, Nestle Breakfast Essentials, Compleat, FDgard, Fiber Choice, IBgard, Impact, Novasource, Nutren, Optisource, Peptamen, REMfresh, Resource ThickenUp, Tolerex, Vitaflo, Vivonex,
T1: Mixed Chicks, Native Naturals, Sister Sky, Cheekbone Beauty, Haipažaža Pȟežuta, Mother Earth Essentials, Intertribal Beauty, Nizhoni Soaps
T2: Seventh Generation
T3: Brandless
Here's a comprehensive list of major Nestle subsidiaries/brands to boycott: Tollhouse, Libby's, Carnation, La Lechera, Abuelita, Nesquik, Milo, Nido, Nestle, Ovaltine, Sunsational, Nestle Vitality, Sunkist, Taster's Choice, Dolce Gusto, Buitoni, Lean Cuisine, Freshly, Sweet Earth, California Pizza Kitchen, Hot Pockets, Outsiders Pizza, Tombstone Pizza, Digiorno Pizza, Jack's Pizza, Stouffer's, Wildscape, Minor's, Maggi, Trio, Chef-mate, Nescafe, Nespresso, Starbucks, CoffeeMate, Blue Bottle Coffee, Chameleon Cold Brew, Gerber, Alfamino, Beneprotein, Boost, Nestle Breakfast Essentials, Compleat, FDgard, IBgard, Impact, Fiber Choice, Novasource, Nutren, Optisource, Peptamen, REMfresh, Resource ThickenUp, Tolerex, Vitaflo, Vivonex, Purina, ALPO, Beggin', Bella, Beneful, Beyond, Busy, DentalLife, Dog Chow, Frosty Paws, Honest to Dog, Moist & Meaty, The Pioneer Woman, Prime Bones, Pro Plan, Puppy Chow, Purina ONE, SecondNature, Trekker's, Waggin' Train, BREEZE, Deli Cat, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Kit & Kaboodle, Muse, Purina Cat Chow, Tidy Cats, Whisker Lickin's, Yesterday's News, Poland Springs, Ice Mountain, Deer Park, Nestle Pure Life, Arrowhead, Ozarka, Zephyrhills, ReadyRefresh, S. Pellegrino