What are some hidden animal products ingredients in food?!
I think I am ready to go vegan and I need important hidden ingredients, then Ill post them on my desktop, an I have the vegan food pyramid on my desktop as well!. hahaWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Alcohol - Many alcoholic drinks are fined (ie clarified) using animal ingredients watch out for cochineal in red or brown coloured drinks!. All cask conditioned "real" ales will have been fined with isinglass, and some keg, bottled and canned bitters, milds and stouts also!. Lagers are generally chill filtered, but some brands may use isinglass on occasion!. Wine May have been fined using isinglass, dried blood, egg albumen, gelatine, chitin!. Non vintage port is fined with gelatine!.
Albumen - Derived from eggs!.
Anchovies - Small fish, found on ingredients list for all sorts of things!.
Aspic - Savoury jelly derived from meat or fish!.
Beeswax - Made by bees!.
Biscuits - Quite likely to contain animal fats!.
Bone - Used in bone china and cutlery handles also sometimes bonechar is used to bleach sugar!.
Bread – Milk and or eggs are sometimes used!. Most large producers use vegetable based emulsifiers (E471, E472 etc), but local bakers may not!. Some bakers may grease the tins with animal fat!.
Breakfast cereals - Often fortified with vitamin D3!.
Capsules - Usually made from gelatine, vegan alternatives are sometimes available!.
Chewing gum - Often contain glycerine!. Wrigleys use a vegetable glycerine!.
Chips - May have been fried in animal fat!.
Chitin - Produced from crab & shrimp shells!.
Chocolate - Watch out for whey and emulsifiers!.
Cochineal - E120, made from crushed insects!.
Crisps - Often use whey as a flavour carrier!.
E Numbers - European food additives numbering system, many are not vegan!. http://www!.vegansociety!.com/html/food/cr!.!.!.
Edible Fats - Can mean animal fats!.
Emulsifiers - May not be vegan!.
Fatty Acids - May be of animal or vegetable origin!.
Gelatin/Gelatine - A gelling agent derived from animal ligaments, skins, tendons, bones etc!.
Glycerine/Glycerol - May be produced from animal fats, synthesised from propylene or from fermentation of sugars!.
Honey - Avoided by vegans!.
Isinglass - A fining agent derived from the swim bladders of certain tropical fish, especially the Chinese sturgeon!.
Jelly - Usually contains gelatine though Alternatives are available!.
Lactose - Produced from milk, sometimes as a by product of the cheese making process lactic acid is sometimes from milk and sometimes soya based!.
Lanolin - Produced from sheep's wool!. Used to make vitamin D3!.
Lecithin -Nearly always produced from soya beans, though can be produced from eggs!.
Margarines - May contain animal fats, fish oils, vitamin D3, E numbers, whey, gelatine!.
Pasta - May contain egg!.
Pastry - May contain animal fat!.
Pepsin - Enzyme from a pig's stomach, used like rennet!.
Roe - Fish eggs!. (like Caviar) The fish must be killed to obtain the eggs!.
Royal Jelly - Made by bees!.
Shellac - Secreted by insects!.
Soft Drinks - Some canned Orange drinks use gelatine as a carrier for added Beta Caratine!. (This would not appear on the ingredients panel)!.
Stearic Acid - May be vegan or not!.
Stock - May contain animal fat!.
Suet - Usually made from animal fat, vegetable versions are available!.
Sweets - Look out for gelatine in boiled sweets and mints, and cochineal in boiled sweets and Smarties!.
Vitamin D - Vitamin D2 is produced by sunlight acting on bacteria, however D3 is derived from lanolin from sheeps' wool!.
Whey - Whey and whey powder are made from milk!.
Worcester Sauce - Most brands contain anchovies!.
Non food;
Alpaca - Animal derived clothing material!.
Angora - Animal derived clothing material!.
Brushes - Animal hair is commonly used for paint and shaving brushes!.
Cashmere - Animal derived clothing material!.
Down - Usually from slaughtered ducks or geese, though some live plucking does occur, used in bedding!.
Feathers - Clothing material
Felt - Made from wool or fur!.
Fur - Clothing material
Leather – Between 10% and 20% of the value of an animal at slaughter is in its skin!.
Mohair - Animal derived clothing material!.
Photography - All Photographic film uses gelatine!.
Silk - Harvesting silk used in invariably causes the death of the silk worm!.
Soap - Many soaps use animal fats and/or glycerine!. Vegetable oil based soaps are quite widely available!.
Toothpaste - Many brands contain glycerine!.
Washing powder - Soap based powders may contain animal fats!.
Wool - clothing material, also used to make carpets!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Albumen - Derived from eggs!.
Anchovies - Small fish, found on ingredients list for all sorts of things!.
Aspic - Savoury jelly derived from meat or fish!.
Beeswax - Made by bees!.
Biscuits - Quite likely to contain animal fats!.
Bone - Used in bone china and cutlery handles also sometimes bonechar is used to bleach sugar!.
Bread – Milk and or eggs are sometimes used!. Most large producers use vegetable based emulsifiers (E471, E472 etc), but local bakers may not!. Some bakers may grease the tins with animal fat!.
Breakfast cereals - Often fortified with vitamin D3!.
Capsules - Usually made from gelatine, vegan alternatives are sometimes available!.
Chewing gum - Often contain glycerine!. Wrigleys use a vegetable glycerine!.
Chips - May have been fried in animal fat!.
Chitin - Produced from crab & shrimp shells!.
Chocolate - Watch out for whey and emulsifiers!.
Cochineal - E120, made from crushed insects!.
Crisps - Often use whey as a flavour carrier!.
E Numbers - European food additives numbering system, many are not vegan!. http://www!.vegansociety!.com/html/food/cr!.!.!.
Edible Fats - Can mean animal fats!.
Emulsifiers - May not be vegan!.
Fatty Acids - May be of animal or vegetable origin!.
Gelatin/Gelatine - A gelling agent derived from animal ligaments, skins, tendons, bones etc!.
Glycerine/Glycerol - May be produced from animal fats, synthesised from propylene or from fermentation of sugars!.
Honey - Avoided by vegans!.
Isinglass - A fining agent derived from the swim bladders of certain tropical fish, especially the Chinese sturgeon!.
Jelly - Usually contains gelatine though Alternatives are available!.
Lactose - Produced from milk, sometimes as a by product of the cheese making process lactic acid is sometimes from milk and sometimes soya based!.
Lanolin - Produced from sheep's wool!. Used to make vitamin D3!.
Lecithin -Nearly always produced from soya beans, though can be produced from eggs!.
Margarines - May contain animal fats, fish oils, vitamin D3, E numbers, whey, gelatine!.
Pasta - May contain egg!.
Pastry - May contain animal fat!.
Pepsin - Enzyme from a pig's stomach, used like rennet!.
Roe - Fish eggs!. (like Caviar) The fish must be killed to obtain the eggs!.
Royal Jelly - Made by bees!.
Shellac - Secreted by insects!.
Soft Drinks - Some canned Orange drinks use gelatine as a carrier for added Beta Caratine!. (This would not appear on the ingredients panel)!.
Stearic Acid - May be vegan or not!.
Stock - May contain animal fat!.
Suet - Usually made from animal fat, vegetable versions are available!.
Sweets - Look out for gelatine in boiled sweets and mints, and cochineal in boiled sweets and Smarties!.
Vitamin D - Vitamin D2 is produced by sunlight acting on bacteria, however D3 is derived from lanolin from sheeps' wool!.
Whey - Whey and whey powder are made from milk!.
Worcester Sauce - Most brands contain anchovies!.
Non food;
Alpaca - Animal derived clothing material!.
Angora - Animal derived clothing material!.
Brushes - Animal hair is commonly used for paint and shaving brushes!.
Cashmere - Animal derived clothing material!.
Down - Usually from slaughtered ducks or geese, though some live plucking does occur, used in bedding!.
Feathers - Clothing material
Felt - Made from wool or fur!.
Fur - Clothing material
Leather – Between 10% and 20% of the value of an animal at slaughter is in its skin!.
Mohair - Animal derived clothing material!.
Photography - All Photographic film uses gelatine!.
Silk - Harvesting silk used in invariably causes the death of the silk worm!.
Soap - Many soaps use animal fats and/or glycerine!. Vegetable oil based soaps are quite widely available!.
Toothpaste - Many brands contain glycerine!.
Washing powder - Soap based powders may contain animal fats!.
Wool - clothing material, also used to make carpets!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Gelatin, derived from animal collagen, is in many fruity candies (gummy bears, Juji fruit, etc!.!.!.) and jell-o!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Gelatin, whey, casein, lactose, animal rennetWww@FoodAQ@Com
gellatin
animal fat is used in dunkin donut's donuts
and theres something with the marshmallowsWww@FoodAQ@Com
animal fat is used in dunkin donut's donuts
and theres something with the marshmallowsWww@FoodAQ@Com
Whey, casein, gelatin, honey!.
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While those are obvious animal products, many animal byproducts are things we might not even realize come from animals!. These include:
gelatin (made using meat byproducts)
lanolin (made from wool)
rennet (an enzyme found in the stomach of calves, young goats, and lambs that's used in cheese-making)
honey and beeswax (made by bees)
silk (made by silkworms)
shellac (the resinous secretion of the tiny lac insect)
cochineal (a red dye derived from the cochineal insect)Www@FoodAQ@Com
gelatin (made using meat byproducts)
lanolin (made from wool)
rennet (an enzyme found in the stomach of calves, young goats, and lambs that's used in cheese-making)
honey and beeswax (made by bees)
silk (made by silkworms)
shellac (the resinous secretion of the tiny lac insect)
cochineal (a red dye derived from the cochineal insect)Www@FoodAQ@Com