Victory! Good Foods Cuts Support for Cruel Animal Tests After PETA Push

Update (March 28, 2025): VICTORY! In a major win for animals, Good Foods Group, maker of dips and spreads, has announced they no longer fund gruesome tests on animals through the University of Wisconsin—Madison’s Food Research Institute.

Good Foods just publicly confirmed it “does not currently donate to the Food Research Institute.”

It’s a major shift for the company, and it’s all because of you.

PETA harnessed the considerable power of your voice, and in fewer than 72 hours, Good Foods buckled under the pressure of more than 28,000 PETA supporters who called on the company to stop funding pointless tests through the Food Research Institute, which has paid experimenters to repeatedly force-feed parasite-infested feces to animals and force pregnant monkeys to eat listeria-contaminated whipping cream. None of the tests are required by law.

PETA initially contacted Good Foods last October, asking it to stop funding experiments on animals paid for by the institute. Last month, the company was stalling and claiming it was still deliberating. Since we didn’t hear anything further despite letting the company know about our plan to go public with the information, we let it hear from you.

PETA supporters should now ramp up the pressure and urge Oreo-maker, Mondelēz International, to stop testing on animals and join PETA’s Eat Without Experiments program.

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PETA has discovered that an institute that has funded experimenters to repeatedly force-feed parasite-infested feces to animals and slice their bodies open is supported by Good Foods Group, maker of dips and spreads. Tell the company it’s time to dip out of animal testing.

Good Foods is a sponsor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Food Research Institute, which has funded experimenters to also force-feed pregnant monkeys whipping cream contaminated with listeria. The mothers were then cut open and their babies, some of whom had been killed by the bacteria, were removed and dissected. In another test, experimenters injected mice with botulinum bacteria and waited for them to die.

Good Foods simply needs to restrict its donations to this new fund, ensuring company dollars only support superior, non-animal research methods. Numerous industry leaders, including PepsiCo. Inc. and Campbell Soup Company, have already done so after hearing from PETA.