Are the vanilla honey special k not vegan? is honey not vegan?why?!
Are the vanilla honey special k not vegan? is honey not vegan?why?
are the vanilla honey special k not vegan? is honey not vegan?why?
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I dont know what "vanilla honey" means exactly but it sounds like real honey spiced with vanilla. I suggest alternatives like tasty agave syrup. Here is something I posted earlier about the same subject: (Obviously honey is a product made by the bees and is for the bees; like cows milk it is not meant for humans)
Honey is made from nectar and produced by the bees. Nectar turns into honey in their stomachs and then bees throw it up. (yes its true!) Honey is bees' food. This is quoted from Wikipedia:
"Honey is laid down by bees as a food source. In cold weather or when food sources are scarce, bees use their stored honey as their source of energy."
"The worker bees raise larvae and collect the nectar that will become honey in the hive. They go out, collect the sugar-rich flower nectar and return to the hive.
"As they leave the flower, bees release Nasonov pheromones. These enable other bees to find their way to the site by smell. Honeybees also release Nasonov pheromones at the entrance to the hive, which enables returning bees to return to the proper hive."
" In the hive the bees use their "honey stomachs" to ingest and regurgitate the nectar a number of times until it is partially digested[11]. It is then stored in the honeycomb."
"Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, and are the major type of pollinators in ecosystems that contain flowering plants. "
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wikipedia
I would have thought honey would be ok as it is not an actual product of an animal.
The simplest reason why honey isn't vegan is by definition. The term vegan was coined by Donald Watson in 1944 and was defined as follows:
Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals.
Strict interpretation is ANYTHING form a live creature is not VEGAN.
I personally do eat honey, as it harms no bees in its harvesting. The bees go on to live & make more honey. Honey is very healthy.