Huggies Diapers from Amazon Are Made in China - I'm Annoyed

Lroozmik on 20/10/2020 - 11:13
Last edited 20/10/2020 - 15:18

On Amazon Prime day, there was a deal on Huggies diapers that a lot of people jumped on as they were really cheap.

I just had a look on the boxes and found out they were made in China.

I feel annoyed about this as I'm trying to avoid buying things from China.. in particular any food & baby products.
Previous Huggies diapers I bought were made in Singapore.

What do other people think? and is anyone doing the same?

edit

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B076CHSXF2/ref=ppx_yo_d…

The listing itself does not say made anywhere as such, it says "Manufacturer : Kimberly-Clark Australia New Zealand"
In the Q&A for a particular size, someone does say they're made in China - I failed to read the Q&A for every size I bought.

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      • kaitoivan on 21/10/2020 - 14:22
        +1

        Only if the decision was based on product quality, but if there's no proof, and judgement was just on "where it's coming from" then it's a form of discrimination.

        It's pretty much same as racism, one dislikes other origins.

        • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 14:52
          +4

          pretty much racism

          umm.. no. I'm not racist against a Chinese nappy.. that is so stupid.

          Country of origin is not racism. That is why we promote Australian beef or Australian wine being the best, etc.

          I believe it's quite normal/acceptable to make judgement on a PRODUCT based on country of origin.
          It's not like someone must try every bottle of wine in Australia to have a natural preference to Australian wine over another countries wine.

          Likewise, if I know of or have had bad experiences with products from a certain country I'll also stay away from those products.

          We're talking about products not people! Not buying products or even an all out boycott of products from another country isn't racism.
          Crying racism when it's not is so lame.

        • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 14:59
          +4

          Consumer's decision not to purchase from x country because they don't like that country still doesn't meet the legal definition of discrimination.

        • greatlamp on 21/10/2020 - 18:12
          +2

          No problem with Chinese in Taiwan or Singapore.

          As China rises to become a superpower, criticism will only increase.

          • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 19:37
            +1

            @greatlamp: The British Empire (pre-WWII), USSR (1988/91), the USA (ending soon) and the PRC (emerging). They're all the same. History shows us that every single empire/superpower rise and then they fall. Some may be the top dog for a few centuries while others will be gone in less than 50 years.

            It is inevitable that someone stronger, smarter and more hardworking will push the USA from their podium.

        • CocaKoala on 29/10/2020 - 11:03
          +1

          So now I have to buy chinese crap to prove that I'm not a racist?

          I'll tell you what. I'd rather be counted in as a racist by people who don't know what that means, rather than purchasing piss-poor quality made in china products with my hard-earned money.

  • pandasrandomchoice on 21/10/2020 - 13:54
    +8

    The Diapers that main in China has micro chip in it. It will use AI to analyze your baby's popo and send the data back to China. Such a national security concern. You are right not buying diapers that made in China.

    Another murdoch brainwash success.

    • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 16:53
      +2

      Or you pay full price and it has a short use by date

      I could only +1 your comment (and still -1). I can't make people with no sense of humour apologise, for that I am sorry.

  • BargainCowboy on 21/10/2020 - 14:19
    +2

    It's been this way for quite a long time now. I have no issues with it being produced in China, but I do have issue with the shocking quality. Nothing compared to the AU stock.

  • ihbh on 21/10/2020 - 16:05
    +3

    The Woolworths home brand Once Upon a Time was manufactured in Germany and when they cleared them I bought a tonne of the heavily discounted infant ones for eldest and second who hadn't been born yet. Not sure if made in China now.

    We pottied trained early to save as well.

    • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 16:55
      +1

      was manufactured in Germany

      The EU can't get a break. Australia's nappies now Brexit.

    • Munki on 22/10/2020 - 01:34
      +1

      Used to buy those for my daughter when she was still on them. In fact, still have most of a pack left. They were great.

  • mrhugo on 21/10/2020 - 17:55
    +1

    Ghez they moved from Australia to Singapore, and now to China. Yep, thanks for the heads up. I won't get the Chinese made stuff.

    I was using ALDI during the day and Huggies in the evening. I might just use ALDI for everything now.

    Yes and, to some parents the country of manufacture is important. It's my money and I'll spend it the way I want.

    On the flip side I'm probably AliExpress best customer.

  • stumo on 21/10/2020 - 19:15
    +6

    Diapers

    Can we just not.

    • ribze1 on 21/10/2020 - 21:31
      +2

      Nappies!!!!

  • Fier2 on 21/10/2020 - 19:55
    -1

    Don't buy things cheap, pay top dollar= problem solve!

    Honnestly, people who are outraged to find that their products are from china make me wonder if they used their brain to think. Australian market = $$$$ VS chinese market =$ this is why huggies moved their manufacture to china and other asian country. Making the product in australia= no profit. Making it somewhere where you paid 1$/ hour = top profit.

    Disposable nappies are cheap because it's made in a third world country. If you are scare about nasty things why don't you just buy cloth nappy made in australia? ( but the material is still from china). They are supposed to be chemichal free, gentle for baby and clean for the planet….

    • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 20:25
      +3

      Huggies when they arent on sale aren't cheap. Probably the most expensive mainstream brand.

      • Kamsi on 22/10/2020 - 00:02
        +2

        At end of the day, what your pay for is what you get, if you don't like it then return it. I don't understand why do you need to bash "made in China" in a public forum.

        • roozmik on 22/10/2020 - 00:40
          +4

          I found the deal on this site and so did a lot of other people. I was actually wondering if others who jumped on the deal had any thoughts about this.

          This is a bargain site, not a you get what you pay for site.. that wouldnt be a bargain now would it?

  • LFO on 21/10/2020 - 20:40

    All our iPhones are made in China.
    And iPads.
    And Lenovos
    And …

    Risky???

    • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 21:12
      +3

      Buy Samsung

  • LivingOnTheEdge on 21/10/2020 - 21:37

    What are you complaining about? Even iPhones are made in China. Nothing wrong!

    • Yotta00 on 23/10/2020 - 19:10
      +2

      iPhones are not known for quality. Just for premium branding.

    • goraygo on 24/10/2020 - 20:25
      +2

      They started making iPhone in India. Sooner or later India will be contributing to global distribution of iPhones.

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 21/10/2020 - 23:35
    +1

    Use towels and wash them!

    Napisan is your friend.

  • funnysht on 22/10/2020 - 00:04

    Lol it's okay to export to china but importation no?

    Fair trade right…

    what you're typing on is prob made in china. They maybe big conglomerates but they end up employing poor people and in turn give them stable jobs.

    You're annoyed in your comfortable 5 bedroom mansion, sipping on some rich mocha coffee?…yeah we don't care

  • JimB on 22/10/2020 - 00:13
    +4

    Would have no issues using Chinese nappies but wouldn't feed my baby Chinese baby food.

    I remember about 7 years ago when we where using nappies, Huggies changed their design. Still made in Australia.

    They went from Hero to Zero…. so I switched over to Baby Love.

    There was a sale on Baby Love nappies so stocked up. My daughter bless her, toilet trained very early so ended up giving away about 30 packs of nappies.

    • neonlight on 23/10/2020 - 11:06
      +3

      yeah 10 years ago I went to China bought bread at supermarket, constant vomit and diahorrea ended up in hospital on drips…..

      Their hospital also unclean. I thought I was gonna die.

      I would stay away from eating there. You can see why many Chinese prefer foreign imports

      • JimB on 23/10/2020 - 12:30
        +1

        Especially after the Baby Formula poisoning, if I lived in China and could afford to do so, I'd also feed my baby imported formula/food too.

        You'd think that Bread would be fairly safe.. you sure it was just the bread?

        • neonlight on 23/10/2020 - 12:48
          +1

          100% that's the only item I ate before I felt sick

  • iDoNotExist on 22/10/2020 - 06:59
    +4

    @razmoo, mate you are being terribly naïve if you give any importance to the country of origin signage. Since we are talking diapers and skin contact, have you considered this. You buy the superior "made in singapore" diapers, sure they were made in singapore but there is no guarantee all raw materials are, only a certain % needs to be from the country of origin depending on consumer law applicable. But what if the lining in contact with the skin was directly manufactured in china, it is only 2% of the total product so the total product can still be classed as made in singapore. But the net effect is that your baby's skin is in contact with a product from china so its a moot point. This is just an example, I don't know anything for sure, I don't even exist.
    The only reassurance is that hopefully an Australian business which is putting their name against the product are doing the due diligence and QA is up to scratch.

    • roozmik on 22/10/2020 - 08:02
      +4

      Naïve probably.. but I don't feel there is much else to go on.

      Raw materials doesn't equal the product. There is also the manufacturing process.

      I would have much more trust in a Singaporean or Australian factory manufacturing a product made of 100% imported materials..

      Just like I'd hope an Australian factory and everyone involved (from floor workers, managers, third party testing labs, etc) would have some integrity and have controls/measures in place and be punished by the Australian government if there was negligence.

      I don't have the same faith with some countries.

  • public-secret on 22/10/2020 - 08:45
    +1

    Hmmm, interesting. I didn't know there was a Made in Singapore version in our markets. I usually buy these from Chemist Warehouse and they all were made in China.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/10/2020 - 09:13
    -1

    Why did you think they were so cheap?

    Urgh

    • roozmik on 22/10/2020 - 09:39
      +6

      Urgh.. it was an Amazon Prime Day sale.

      Urgh..

  • SwarleyAUS on 22/10/2020 - 09:52

    No problem with them being from China but my wife tells me the quality went downhill.

    • Dagwood-Dog on 22/10/2020 - 17:38
      +1

      You don't participate in parenting?

      • Jayblu on 22/10/2020 - 22:23

        And you're being snarky for what reason?

        • Dagwood-Dog on 23/10/2020 - 01:17

          Just testing the toxic gender role standards and their importance in parenting. What's it to you boss…

          • Jayblu on 23/10/2020 - 10:25
            +1

            @Dagwood-Dog: Just because he said his wife mentioned their quality isn't as good doesn't make him any less of a parent.

            As parents we tend to do more or less of things however we find suits us, i could be changing more diapers husband making more bottles etc.

            While the gender role thing is toxic so is your assumption.

      • SwarleyAUS on 23/10/2020 - 12:41
        +2

        No I'm just not a nappy connoisseur xD

  • Herbse on 22/10/2020 - 12:48

    Has anyone complained about the quality of them? Have you found reviews saying they are inferior?

  • John on 22/10/2020 - 13:19
    +4

    I would try ask Amazon politely for refunds stating that it's being described as NZ manufacturer on the listing. Amazon has lots of money to throw so they might just approve the refund request. Nothing to lose.

  • striker5950 on 22/10/2020 - 13:41
    +5

    look at it this way, your baby is shitting on a Chinese product. you win

    • nilesstandish on 25/10/2020 - 10:15

      Bwhahahahahahaha! That actually made me laugh!

  • Jayblu on 22/10/2020 - 22:16
    +1

    I have tried so many brands already and tried huggies in two sizes now, both have been terrible. . Size 1 leaked at least once a day, size 2 leaked from the first diaper! Not sure if im missing something when it comes to huggies or if i have a major pisser?

  • Willco88 on 22/10/2020 - 22:58
    -4

    What an overreaction
    …China is not some 3rd world country they are a leader in marketing and manufacturing and anything that is sold here goes through rigorous regulations

  • R4 on 22/10/2020 - 23:03
    +2

    What's a diaper? Last time I looked, this is not America and we call them nappies.

    Next you'll be calling a Boeing 787 an airplane!

    • neonlight on 23/10/2020 - 11:09
      +2

      Japanese also call them diaper, I travelled to tokyo and they do not know what nappies are. I had to spell diapers out to them

      • R4 on 23/10/2020 - 15:11
        +1

        I'm sure they do, but I've always called them nappies, as does everyone else I know - the media does too. UK as well - I guess it's an Anglo thing.

        • neonlight on 23/10/2020 - 16:12
          +1

          its a 5 star hotel that I went to. no idea

          They don't even know Rice, I had to say Gohan

      • whooah1979 on 23/10/2020 - 15:34
        +2

        I'm pretty sure they are called omutsu in Japan.

  • gasman70 on 23/10/2020 - 00:54
    +4

    I too try to buy goods not made in China but most electronics factories are located there, unfortunately.

  • Apue on 23/10/2020 - 08:01
    +2

    Did you know Snikers sold in Australia were imported from China. I have tried, so far okay.
    But I would be cautious on any product from from China

    • R4 on 23/10/2020 - 17:33
      +2

      I did know that and no longer buy them. Current favourite is the Titan bar from Aldi - made in Germany.

  • plastererJazz on 23/10/2020 - 09:13
    +3

    The reality is that products for export are up to the destination country standard so I would reckon OP shouldn't worry too much.

    They normally sell sub-standard stuff to its own citizens.

    But if the website explicitly mentions the product shouldn't come from China when OP bought it, then it is a different story

  • jenkemjunkie on 23/10/2020 - 11:04

    I remember when diapers were called nappies. Ahh nostalgia

  • Lancerx on 23/10/2020 - 11:31

    Well, you obviously bought it because of the price.. And guess who can produce it with the most cost effective way in the world… So just how logistic work to..

  • PappaLuigi on 23/10/2020 - 15:38
    +1

    so easy to spot all the china bots here.. to try and shoot down anyone that says anything bad about China is pathetic.. they torture and kill their own citizens, ethnic cleansing, they are doing the same with bordering countries, arresting Vietnamese fisherman and sinking their boats with no reason, sending contaminated food to other countries.. my wife is Vietnamese so she knows first hand what they do, China sending rotten meat over, they bleach it to make it look fresh to resell, 100's of other examples..

    its disgusting and for anyone to try and defend or trivialise it is beyond comprehension unless you are one of their puppets.. so any chance i have to not send $$ their way by purchasing their products i try and do.. you cannot avoid it, but you can do your best to minimise it..

    • Willco88 on 23/10/2020 - 16:14

      Ahhaahhahahahahahhahahauahauauuahahah

    • whooah1979 on 23/10/2020 - 16:25
      +3

      The Vietnamese importers are knowingly buying unsafe commodities and goods at floor prices. They then sell to local suppliers that supply the shops and markets. The whole supply chain making a profit while they poison their own citizens.

  • dfg555 on 23/10/2020 - 16:30

    i love china

  • PhatChedda on 23/10/2020 - 16:40

    The problem is the word diaper

  • Dack Smith on 23/10/2020 - 18:35

    Huge storm in a teacup lol

    Maybe write to your local MP and demand them to stop the importation of Chinese made happiest and other goods into Australia.

    Does OP have evidence to say that Chinese made stuff are not fit for consumption/use?

    Seriously………

    • roozmik on 23/10/2020 - 21:46
      +3

      I didn't say it wasn't fit. I'm basically complaining about the fact the listing is misleading. I dont want to buy it if it's made in China simple as that.

      But hey, you go ahead and buy it. I don't care.

  • Willco88 on 23/10/2020 - 20:08

    This is exactly why multiple companies go overseas including HOLDEN & FORD because it is so much cheaper to produce and manufacture is simply logic

  • Willco88 on 23/10/2020 - 20:09
    -3

    Without China we would be living in apocalypse

    • roozmik on 23/10/2020 - 21:46
      +2

      2020 has been like the apocalypse and I'm not even going to point any fingers…

      • whooah1979 on 23/10/2020 - 22:26

        We're only 20 years into the 21st century. The 20th century had two WW and a killer flu in a span of 30 years which killed more than 100m people.

  • MementoMori on 24/10/2020 - 10:09
    +1

    Keep buying from Globo-homogeneous companies like Amazon and most of your products will eventually come from China (or wherever)

  • peter123445678 on 24/10/2020 - 11:08

    China is our No.1 trading partner. ask the gov to cut all ties from China u can sure see our economy free fall. Do whatever u want, it's u right. Trurth is China is on the way to pass US to become the most powerful country on earth. Yes badly things happen in china, so is happening all over the world include AU and US. if u care so much then go to china once to see by uself. u wil find AU is so far behind in almost every aspect. The gap is beyond u imagination and they still moving ahead in light speed while we still use shitty NBN and spend 5 years to repaint couple lanes on m80.

    • roozmik on 24/10/2020 - 12:03
      +2

      I was in Guangzhou last year and saw some confronting stuff. Would never go back.. wouldn't even want to transit in China

      All the tech in the world isn't going to make China anyone's envy. I'll stick to my shitty internet and otherwise fantastic quality of life.

      And have some guts and post from your normal account!

      • peter123445678 on 24/10/2020 - 18:17
        +1

        u can hate china whatever u like, u think u life qulity is great, that's wonderful. Im just talk about fact. like i said, bad things happen everywhere. all i hope is our gov not blow out the relationship with china and become a prison bitch of US. if then we can all lose jobs and get covid. By the way this is my normal account, i just don't post things ,but as a chinese live in Melbourne this post is so hilarious so i have to join the party. even i spend 20 years living there, there are so many ‘amazing’ things in the post i know for the first time of my life. Great job, u are the best in u world.

  • whooah1979 on 24/10/2020 - 11:32
    +1

    Trurth is China is on the way to pass US to become the most powerful country on earth.

    That is what they get for spending a whole generation on watching the Kardashian’s and taking selfies for Facebook and instagram.

  • TravisD on 24/10/2020 - 12:17

    Cloth nappies are a little more work and investment b7t no issues about being in China!

  • borrisz0r on 24/10/2020 - 13:44

    Diapers? Aren't they called nappies?

    Maybe i've been sitting on my couch on the porch so long, after finishing up my drywall that i missed the changeover in names.

  • Poor Ass on 24/10/2020 - 16:32
    +1

    All the best and worse stuff comes from China

    Besides from Covid which is both the best and worse and started world war 3 without any violence

    All the worse stuff is because the brand want it to be cheap to cut costs

    Everything has quality control just depends on how much the brand want to focus on it

    So if you don't want to use Huggies, you got a lot of shitty cloth nappies to wash or change brands that you know aren't made in China

    • OzzyOzbourne on 24/10/2020 - 20:30
      +1

      Fortunately, out of the 42 million cases and over 1 million deaths worldwide, very few were in China and it still managed to grow its economy. 🤔

      • Poor Ass on 24/10/2020 - 20:35
        +1

        Yeah they have been handling it well. Because everyone knows the result of disobeying the CCP. So there lockdown procedures were tip top + experience from SARS. Not too sure what happen with the recent outbreak in Qingdao.

        But to be honest you don't really know the truth as the media is government controlled

  • Sammy Boi on 24/10/2020 - 20:13

    I had honey chicken for dinner :)

    • goraygo on 24/10/2020 - 20:29

      Could be made by Hong Kongers, Singaporean, Malaysian, hack, it could even be Aussie chef. Lol

      • Sammy Boi on 24/10/2020 - 20:32
        +1

        I don't know who they had out the back cooking but it was tasty

    • Poor Ass on 24/10/2020 - 20:36

      As long as it wasn't 70% flour 20% chicken 10% other like Sichuan Papa

      • Sammy Boi on 24/10/2020 - 20:47
        +1

        Probably about 90% chicken

        I see someone was jealous that they didn't get honey chicken for dinner only Chinese nappies XD

  • nilesstandish on 25/10/2020 - 10:23

    Why hasn't Bangladesh overtaken China as the cheapest place to make Diapers and Clothes???

    Or India?

    Why are fabric products (like Diapers) still Made In China???

    Eating Chinese babies is another thing entirely:

    https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/chinese-canni…

  • myusername on 25/10/2020 - 17:51
    +2

    so many foreign experts here with a sky news background

  • fuzor on 25/10/2020 - 22:04

    Ok dokey boomer…Whilst you're at it you should petition the federal government to bring back the White Australia policy.

  • CocaKoala on 29/10/2020 - 10:58
    +1

    I strongly encourage you to write a 1 star review on amazon, detailing the particulars and your experience. This will help other potential buyers avoid this poor quality Chinese made product.

  • wsqwin on 29/10/2020 - 11:43
    +1

    The fact is that no one can avoid made in China product 100%.

  • PVA on 29/10/2020 - 14:11

    It’s Nappies not diapers.

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