When 5pm ticked over, Rebekah ‘Bek’ Ziola jumped on the train home from work, picked up her two daughters from primary school and began the mad rush of dinner and bedtime. While her girls slept, she rolled up her sleeves and began packing orders out of her garage for her small business Milk Addict, which she runs with her good friend Monica. Selling a variety of high quality children’s toys and tableware, Bek and Monica are proud of their unique Australian designs and first-class materials.
“This means we do not use any filler ingredients. “But there is a lack of transparency with Temu. You don’t know what they are made of, and then your child is eating off or chewing them.” Bek is particularly suspicious about the veracity of Temu’s ‘ingredient’ list, after seeing that its version of the Rainbow Teether is recommended for ages 14+.