Animal products?!
Animal products?
I am vegetarian, not vegan yet.. I am considering it. But that's beside the point. I wanted to know if there is anything I should look out for when eating cereal or ice cream or any other popular grocery that has hidden animal products inside it.
Additional Details3 months ago
BY THE WAY... I AM NOT VEGAN! I only said I was considering it. I'm perfectly ok about eating ice cream and/or dairy at the moment. I don't purchase cow's milk and I'm slowing stepping into veganism. I just don't want to eat any ANIMALS! Also, what is in gelatin????
3 months ago
And Vandy, I really hate your answer. Not only can vegetarians decrease the killing of animals, but even if the animals died, I won't eat them. If your cousin dies, are you going to eat them? Don't let their death be a waste!
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3 months ago
BY THE WAY... I AM NOT VEGAN! I only said I was considering it. I'm perfectly ok about eating ice cream and/or dairy at the moment. I don't purchase cow's milk and I'm slowing stepping into veganism. I just don't want to eat any ANIMALS! Also, what is in gelatin????
3 months ago
And Vandy, I really hate your answer. Not only can vegetarians decrease the killing of animals, but even if the animals died, I won't eat them. If your cousin dies, are you going to eat them? Don't let their death be a waste!
When you become vegan, you will find many many things you cannot eat, but hopefully by then you will be properly prepared. People who *fail* at vegetarian or veganism try too hard too quickly. You have to see vegetarianism as a gradual process; that way, each time you drop a product, you have a bounty of foods to fill in the gap.
There are a few non-vegetarian code words as well that you can start working on now if you are in a comfortable place.
:)
For starters, many of our friends are wrong about ice cream.
* Mono&Digycerides is animal fat. This would be non-veg.
You can find mono&di's in many ice creams (I believe Bryers all natural is edible), and most bakery including pastries and bread. It takes some reading, buy you can find breads that do not contain them. These are also found in gas station cappuccinos and in any creamer that does not require refrigeration.
There are not a lot of pastries edible to vegetarians unless you bake them yourself.
* Gelatin- I forget if you already mentioned this one (sorry) but it consists of bones and skin and is not vegetarian.
You can find this in any candy that has the word "gummy", frosted pop-tarts, frosted mini wheats, marshmallows and some yogurts.
Those are two big ones you can start looking for now. It definitely took me a while to conquer the mono&di's.
Oh yes, email companies. More places are using vegetable-based mono&di's instead of animal. If you write to them, they will tell you if they use vegetable or animal fats.
*Oh yes, and Natural Flavors- pigs are *natural*
:)
~Good Luck
Source(s):
This is a great place to shop from and to see good products.
http://www.veganstore.com
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan/...
I'm not 100% about this, because I think it's somewhat stupid, but I think Vegans don't eat anything that comes from animals. Meaning, no more ice cream, because it has dairy products in it, and dairy products come from animals.
If you're just being vegetarian to save the animals, that's sort of a waste. The animals are gonna die or get milked whether you eat/drink it or not... So have at it. Don't let their death be a waste.
The biggest animal product your going to find in ice cream is milk. Nothing wrong with that if your not lactose intolerant.
Anything that has Jello or gelatin in it, for example marshmellows.
Be careful to get your vitamins else you could make yourself sick or become depressed.
I am also a vegetarian so I think that I have this figured out.
Here are some things to look out for:
Beans-they often contains animal fat
Gelatin products- they use cow bones sometimes
Vegetable broths-they have meat broth in them sometimes
I think that's is,
~Fellow Vegetarian
Good for you! Yes, you need to beware of gelatin in yogurt, puddings, ice cream, pop tarts, jello, etc. It is made by boilding the skins, bones, ligaments and tendons of slaughtered cows and pigs. Agar agar is a good vegetarian substitute for gelatine, and is easy to work with. Fortified cereals usually have vitamins derived from animal sources, as do most "enriched" products, such as pasta, flour, rice, etc. Good luck on your journey-don't let anyone rush you or tell you what you can or can't eat-its totally your choice
I think it also depends on what kind of vegetarian you are, I agree with everyone who said the things about gelatin being from animal bones, but if you choose to be a lacto vegetarian (no eggs) then there are other ingredients such as lecithin that are used to bind lots of foods together which do contain eggs. If however, you see soy lecithin, that's fine, vegan as well because of the complete lack of animal products. Breyers ice cream is usually a good brand to go for, because they are very simple with their ingredients, vanilla ice cream used to be just cream, vanilla, and sugar. Good luck in finding things, and enjoy reading. :)