Kellogg To Use Only Cage-free Eggs For Its U.S. Operations By 2025

Kellogg Co. will source 100% cage-free eggs and eliminate pork suppliers that use gestation stalls by the end of 2025, the company said in a statement. The company uses few animal products, according to Paul Norman, president of Kellogg North America, but there are eggs in products like Eggo frozen breakfast foods. Morningstar Farms frozen veggie brands reduced the number of eggs from caged hens by 20 million since 2007, the company said. Starbucks Corp. , McDonald's Corp. , and General Mills Inc. have all committed to go cage-free in recent months. Kellogg shares are up 8.5% for the year so far. The S&P is up 1.5% for the same period.

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