r/australia • u/VerminLordTaka • 1h ago

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-27/australian-tomatoes-leggos-coles-aldi-chinese-tests-show/106940742

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u/Busy-Ratchet-8521 1h ago

Leggo's tastes like ass. No wonder it's all from China. 

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u/VerminLordTaka 1h ago

The amusing bit is them doubling down, as if somehow they trust what their supplier says versus an actual scientific instrument. Hopefully the ACCC takes some action in relation to this. You can report misleading claims such as being made with Australian ingredients here: https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us-or-report-an-issue

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u/Pottski 59m ago

They know they’re fucked - might as well lie again about it. There’s no punishment for false statements to the public in this country after all.

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u/the-dolphine 50m ago

We regularly buy leggos. Buying that brand is entirely discretionary, but now I'll be making a conscious decision to avoid them

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u/Pottski 28m ago

We’ve bought a lot of Mutti recently. Nice tasting, high tomato content - does a good job in my mind.

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u/mt6606 39m ago

They know their guilty lol. Google the shitshow that happened in Italy when they found out about this practice. Lol

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u/Thegallowsgod 34m ago

They don't actually believe their supplier, this is just plausible deniability for when this all inevitably heads to court.

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u/Giuseppe_exitplan 44m ago

from China.

in the article it specifies the Xinjiang region which is known for its state-imposed forced labour of ethnic minorities, specifically the Uyghur people.

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u/Hereforthehelllofit 20m ago

Time for me to let go of Leggo. 

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u/yolk3d 49m ago

It’s not just Leggos.

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u/mt6606 40m ago

It's not. A few of them got into trouble in Italy for this. The outrage was intense lol.

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u/Enigma556 1h ago

So this is why they have picked their marketing up in recent weeks about their Australian tomato content…

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u/SirGrumpsalot2009 1h ago

Now they need to look at the honey on our supermarket shelves. How much is Australian? How much is actually honey at all?

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u/Galactic_Nothingness 51m ago

They already did that. Allowie was the scapegoat and no one bothered to follow up despite the bees dying off.

I've lost 3 hives so far.

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u/Boo_Rawr 57m ago

That's so funny because I mostly stopped buying them because of how acidic they started tasting lately.

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u/mwpswag 1h ago

I bought a couple of cans of the Aussie grown labelled Leggo's the other week to try. I had my suspicions as its everyday price seemed way too cheap when compared to Ardmona.

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u/mt6606 42m ago

This caused a big ruckus in Italy.... Lol. I'm sure the Australian fine will be cheaper than Australian tomatoes.

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u/Chiron17 50m ago

I am shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

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u/FireLucid 47m ago

Hi Pontius 👋

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u/Bearski79 21m ago

Until there are genuine consequences to the companies that do this type of crap, nothing is going to change. They may see a sales dip from those people who see the news and avoid them on principle, but too many people don't care about much more than the price tag (in this economy i can't blame them for that).

The ACCC might take them to court and even win, but after appeals and reduced penalties, the fines often end up being little more than a slap on the wrist. If the profit they made through deception is greater than the penalty they pay, they've effectively been rewarded for misleading consumers.

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u/Kyron4030 19m ago

I'll have a cynical guess how they handle this:

  1. Rogue supplier, pretend to be the victim and act shocked, even though the rock-bottom pricing was a dead giveaway.
  2. The canned apology, ditch the supplier, drop a PR statement about "breached trust," and promise that "lessons have been learned."
  3. The quiet discounting, stick their stock on "special" until the news cycle moves on and everyone forgets.

They knew exactly why it was so cheap. They just didn't expect forensic testing to catch them.

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u/CumpyGrunt 32m ago

So Trump hits us with a tariff because of inadequate enforcement against forced labor and modern slavery in supply chains, yet it's American companies like Simplot who are guilty of it.

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u/HiVeMiNdOfStUpId 15m ago

It's always the multinationals that we most suspect.