Flavorings with meat?!
Answers: Ok, so I'm becoming a vegan(still need to do some more research) but I was wondering, if I eat something and it has the FLAVORING of meat could you say the product was made with meat. I don't think it was made with the meat only the flavor, but I'm sure.
The term artificial flavor or artificial flavoring means any substance, the function of which is to impart flavor, which is NOT derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof. Artificial flavor includes the substances listed in Secs. 172.515(b) and 182.60 of this chapter except where these are derived from natural sources (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, vol. 2, 2001, pp. 73–78).
In simpler terms, for the purposes of nutrition labeling, artificial flavor means anything added to food for flavor that is not taken directly from whole foods.
By the way, the consumers must vigilant and study there is no INTENTIONAL adding of substance by producers. These syndicates are widespread everywhere.
A lot of the meat flavorings have dehydrated meat broths in them. And if not, well, it's artificial, and while vegan, probably really bad for you! (but probably tastes good!). I found a discussion via Google search you might be interested in.
That's a good question. I would assume that anything that's ALL artificial would be vegan, but most times, it usually just says contains artificial and natural flavorings.
LOL I changed my name. I do that every few months. The flavoring is a really tough call. I would look product by product on the internet and see if you can get a detailed ingredient list. When you shop at Sprouts or other health food stores, most products that are vegan will list so, along with the allergens and whether or not they are gluten free.
Unless the flavor is artificial, it's not vegetarian.
If you LIKE the taste of meat, why are you turning vegan?
Some flavors are derived from meat and some are not. If the flavoring is derived from meat the food would not be vegan. Here is a great explanation about natural flavors:
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredien...
I would advise you to get a booklet on ingredients in food, it'll help you determine whether food is or is not vegan, here is one such book:
http://www.vrg.org/catalog/fing.htm
Also, I love your avatar. I loved Final Fantasy X and X-2.
That's when you read the ingredients and see what that "flavor" entails.