What foods have hidden beef, milk or eggs in them??!
What foods have hidden beef, milk or eggs in them??
I'm vegan, and I need some serious help. I can't do it on my own so I need anyone who knows anything about veganism to list foods that vegans can't eat. Such as, recently, I found out that even though McDonalds no longer fries their fries in animal fat, they still have beef flavoring in them, and milk. List any foods you know of that most people wouldn't know that they contained meat, milk, or eggs. I'm desperate here - list any foods. (Obviously, exclude items like hamburgers, cookies, and ice cream)
Answers:
Aside from the obvious labels that state directly the contents such as eggs, beef, etc..., be on the lookout for contents such as rennet, gelatin, and cellulose that does not specify its being derived from plants. I find these three to creep up in many items that appear vegan. Also look out for animal fats, which are in everything from beans to rice. As for eating fast foods your best bet is to avoid them at all costs, unless they are small businesses owned by consientious people. I find that the majority of corporate fast food chains are oblivious to what a vegan even is. I would not want to claim that they are ethically degenerate and hesitate to do so, but the pure fact that they are ignorant is enough to know that they most likely will not be able to honestly answer whether or not their food contains animal products. And, for those that are either ethically degenerate/moronic will often provide the answer you are looking for wanting to sound as if they are informed.
my sister is a vegetarian and ate a bean burrito... and it had meat products in it that made her sick... just make sure to check the ingredients if you can... but, definitely about the mcdonalds fries... they cook them in the same grease as they do other things, or something (i'm not sure about that...) good luck!
2 of my best friends are vegan..the things they have the most issues with, regarding hidden animal products:
breads
salad dressings
sauces
soups
I'm on the same path as you and am finding that a lot of foods I eat, such as salad dressings, granola bars, drink mixes, skittles, etc, have milk/animal properties in them that you wouldn't think do. When I'm shopping, I check the bottom of the nutritional label. It will say, usually in bold print (for people who are allergic or vegetarian) contains milk, soy, wheat, egg, etc products. It's really hard to find stuff at normal grocery stores that doesn't have something a vegan should not eat :(
You make a habit of reading labels and of avoiding foods if you can't get a straight answer to your open-ended question - "precisely what's in this, please?".
There is no one list that anyone can make. Brand names of stuff will differ from one place to another. Local foods are just that - local. And just because one particular restaurant makes a particular dish so that it's vegan doesn't mean that the next restaurant does the same.
This can be made easier if you look around for a local vegetarian group, society or whatever. Many larger cities have such groups. They'll have local information for you.
anything with gelatin in it.
there are baked goods you can order from a bakery in new york that specializes in things like this i saw it on martha stewart.
If you buy products at the store the must state the ingredients its the law!!! Especially eggs since they are one of the big 8 or food allergens. But trying to determine what is in some of the restaurant food would be difficult. PS McDonald's has their own oil with flavor additive that is unique to them.
Check Labels. There are lots of web resources (and books) listing animal ingredients, none which are complete. So be sure to cross reference them. This one is pretty good,
http://www.vegfamily.com/lists/animal-in...
but its missing calcium carbonate. If you're not entirely sure about something, contact the company!
P.S. Organic foods are not only good for the environment, they are easier to evaluate as vegan because they forgo a lot of those emulsifiers/ trace ingredients. Look into food cooperatives or health stores that cater to vegans.
jello and marshmallows, no joke, real animal by products! Well, the jello does at least and marshmallow are made fomr jello. No true vegetarian or vegan should eat these. But check our go.veg.com or org. Peta.org helps as well!
Not excatly food. but beware of capsules. The caps are made from beef.
To add on to Drew.. this website contains a list of animal-derived emusifiers (food additivies)
tinned veggies - most have artificial colourings which are often animal derived.
Alcohol - 90% of beers, wines and spirits and non veg/vegan
To be honest, the list could be endless. And just because one food is vegan doesn't mean another version by another manufacturer is vegan. Generally, i find the most sucessful vegans tend to cook food from raw ingrdients rather than buy anything processed. That way they get great tasting and highly nutricious food.
"brick" is slightly wrong, there are many food types where ingredients lists are excempt. when did you ever see a bottle of wine say "grapes, sugar, yeast, dead cow etc". Or a tin or carrots say "dead insects" on it. Often trace elements are "excempt from notice" as the food industry likes to call it.
basically anything's that's prepared or commercially manufactured is suspect. That's anything that's canned, bottled, boxed or bagged. Especially anything prepared
by a restaurant.