Fellow Vegans, how do you get your B-12?!
Answers: I know you only need trace amounts of it. But my understanding is that's the only nutrient that you can't get from plant sources.
I use nutritional yeast. I love making "cheezy" foods with it, I keep some of this vegan "parm" mix http://vivaciousvegan.blogspot.com/2007/... in the fridge and sprinkle it on all kinds of stuff, yummy!
Many of the foods I eat, like soymilk, area also fortified with B12.
FYI - B12 comes from bacteria, which can be found in a number of places including the soil we grow vegetables in. Since modern methods of produce processing and cleaning remove all traces of dirt from the veggies we can't reliably get any B12 from that source. Just wanted to mention that so you know that B12 isn't something that somehow only comes from animal products or supplements.
If you're a vegan like you claim, wouldn't you know the answer already?
Fortified foods(veggie burgers, soy/rice/almond milk, some cereals), nutritional yeast, natural juice blends with a massive amount of spirulina in them, etc...........
How do YOU get B-12?
JUST EAT MEAT IT IS GOOD FOR YOU
You can get vegetarian B-vitamins.
Good sources of vitamin B12 for vegetarians are dairy products or free-range eggs. ? pint of milk (full fat or semi skimmed) contains 1.2 μg. A slice of vegetarian cheddar cheese (40g) contains 0.5 μg. A boiled egg contains 0.7 μg. Fermentation in the manufacture of yoghurt destroys much of the B12 present. Boiling milk can also destroy much of the B12.
Vegans are recommended to ensure their diet includes foods fortified with vitamin B12. A range of B12 fortified foods are available. These include yeast extracts, Vecon vegetable stock, veggieburger mixes, textured vegetable protein, soya milks, vegetable and sunflower margarines, and breakfast cereals.
Foods high in B12: Nutritional Yeast (Red Star Vegetarian Support Formula), fortified nondairy beverages, fortified juices, cereals, meat substitutes, Vecon vegetable stock, veggieburger mixes, textured vegetable protein, soya milks, vegetable and sunflower margarines. Beware seaweed and fermented soyfoods as they are not necessarily reliable sources of B12.
Info: http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/b12.htm#rel...
Brewer's yeast. However, according to my nutritionist, B-12 is stored in your body for years. I'm don't take any supplements. I believe my vegetables and grains provide all I need but I could be wrong.