Some Questions About What Is Vegetarian?!
~Uggs
~Crochet Uggs
~Burts Bees chapstick
~ Jellow
~Pudding
Thanks so much:)
Answers: Are The Following Vegetarian?
~Uggs
~Crochet Uggs
~Burts Bees chapstick
~ Jellow
~Pudding
Thanks so much:)
Uggs- thats a matter of opinion. Some vegetarians will wear leather, others will not. Vegans certainly won't. They are made of leather, so yes an animal did die for them
Crochet uggs: i have no idea what that is.
burts bees lip balm: my all time favorite product. Again this a vegetarian vs vegan debate. there is beeswax in this product. which was made by an animal. However, the bees do not have to die for us to obtain the beeswax. so i think its all good. A vegan would disagree with me though.
Jello: Definitely not vegetarian, unless it is a kosher brand. Gelatin is made from the hoofs of either pigs or horses. i forget which one. Either way, its disgusting. Kosher geletin is made from something else, I'm not really sure but it's vegetarian. The same goes for marshmallows.
Pudding: Depends of the brand. If you buy pudding cups they might contain gelatin. if you make pudding from scratch read the ingredients and it's usually ok. I like the MY*T*Fine brand. Pudding contains milk, which is vegetarian, but not vegan.
At the end of the day, what really matters is what you personally believe. if you think eating eggs is ok but milk is not. Or wearing leather is ok or whatever, you need to make your own decisions. Its a fine line.
Here's a guideline:
" Vegetarian Diet
A vegetarian diet focuses on plants for food. These include fruits, vegetables, dried beans and peas, grains, seeds and nuts. There is no single type of vegetarian diet. Instead, vegetarian eating patterns usually fall into the following groups:
* The vegan diet, which excludes all meat and animal products
* The lacto vegetarian diet, which includes plant foods plus dairy products
* The lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, which includes both dairy products and eggs
People who follow vegetarian diets can get all the nutrients they need. However, they must be careful to eat a wide variety of foods to meet their nutritional needs. Nutrients vegetarians may need to focus on include protein, iron, calcium, zinc and vitamin B12. "
Anything that contains animal fat of any type is non-vegetarian. I lived this way for 2.5 years and never felt better; however, I had two children so I would use vegetable oil to cook in rather than butter; they had chicken, turkey and fish cooked that way, mine was steamed or broiled.
as far as your question is concerned, no, but i assume you mean "uggs" as eggs. everything that you have mentioned has some form of animal product in it.
There are many degrees to being a vegetarian. Some people consider themselves vegetarians if they don't eat red meat and just eat chicken and or fish. A true Vegan will not eat any meat OR anything that came from an animal such as dairy products (Milk, cheese, etc.
A True Vegan won't wear any leather, suede or any other material that came from an animal that was killed during the process. They will wear certain wools if the animal wasn't hurt in the process of the wool being shaved off. (i'm sure you know that the sheep are just shaved in order to gather the wool and then the hair regrows. But a vegan will also make sure that the animals weren't "manhandled" while the wool is being shaved. One thing about being a vegan is that you want to only use products where animals weren't killed, abused or tested on. There is a website you can go to that lists companies that are cruelty free, even cosmetics and household items. You would be astonished to find out how many products out there have been tested on animals. The website for that company- www.leapingbunny.org go to that website and you can find out what products out there are cruelty free:
but to answer your questions:
Uggs- Most are made from sheepskin- The word "skin" being the key word. Obviously the animal was killed, so no, a true Vegan won't wear them.
Crochet Uggs- the upper material is okay, but the sole again is SheepSKIN. so i wouldn't wear them.
Burts Bees chapstick: They aren't listed on the cruelty free website, but check the ingredients on the stick and if there are no animal/dairy products your good to go.
Jellow- I think you mean jello? Believe it or not, it's not vegetarian. check the internet, their are vegetarian jello's out there. I think Clarks mades a good one.
-Pudding- Dairy- sorry obviously Dairy, so not vegetarian.
The only ones that are non-vegetarian are the jello and the pudding. They both have gelatin in them. The others aren't foods. Vegetarianism is a diet.