Buyer's guide to the most ethical toasters

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Best Buys as of November 2007

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Magimix toasters are the Best Buy. Dualit is one of our Best Buys and, although it is largely a premium brand, it has introduced a line of cheaper toasters starting at around £49 instead of its usual £100+. Dualit is followed by the Russell Hobbs brand.
Models from all three brands were recommended as Best Buys in a Which? November 2007 report on the Which? website.

Brand	Rating
Breville toasters	14
Hinari toasters	14
Magimix toasters	13
Dualit toasters	12
Russell Hobbs toasters	12
Morphy Richards toasters	11
Prestige toasters	11
De'Longhi toasters	10.5
Kenwood toasters	10.5
Krups toasters	10
Tefal toasters	10
Philips toasters	7
Cookworks toasters	5
Bosch toasters	4.5
Siemens toasters	4.5
Braun toasters	0

The ratings on this scorecard were last updated from our database at www.ethiscore.org on 22 May 2008. The higher the rating, the more ethical the brand.

Toasters

We take a look at who's making our toast in the morning

The humble toaster can now come with all manner of bells and whistles - bun warmers, countdown features, digital displays. Most toasters sold now are metallic ones, plastic ones having declined in popularity. As yet, there are no toasters marketed for their energy saving features, apart from those 4 slice models which state that they have 'energy saving independent 2 slice operation'! Most toasters are manufactured in Asia, notably China but increasingly India.

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