Can a Vegetarian eat Jell-o?!


Question: Can a Vegetarian eat Jell-o!?
Can a Vegetarian eat Jell-O!? Mrashmellows, or Gummy Bears (Or any other gummy thing like a gummy bear)!?

Thanks, also, whats in these things that Vegetarians can't eat!? Or dont' want to eat!? What are they made of!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Adrenaline!.
Hormone from adrenal glands of hogs, cattle, and sheep!. In medicine!. Alternatives: synthetics!.

Alanine!.
(See Amino Acids!.)

Albumen!.
In eggs, milk, muscles, blood, and many vegetable tissues and fluids!. In cosmetics, albumen is usually derived from egg whites and used as a coagulating agent!. May cause allergic reaction!. In cakes, cookies, candies, etc!. Egg whites sometimes used in "clearing" wines!. Derivative: Albumin!.

Albumin!.
(See Albumen!.)

Alcloxa!.
(See Allantoin!.)

Aldioxa!.
(See Allantoin!.)

Aliphatic Alcohol!.
(See Lanolin and Vitamin A!.)

Allantoin!.
Uric acid from cows, most mammals!. also in many plants (especially comfrey)!. In cosmetics (especially creams and lotions) and used in treatment of wounds and ulcers!. Derivatives: Alcloxa, Aldioxa!. Alternatives: extract of comfrey root, synthetics!.

Alligator Skin!.
(See Leather!.)

Alpha-Hydroxy Acids!.
Any one of several acids used as an exfoliant and in anti-wrinkle products!. Lactic acid may be animal-derived (see Lactic Acid)!. Alternatives: glycolic acid, citric acid, and salicylic acid are plant- or fruit-derived!.

Ambergris!.
From whale intestines!. Used as a fixative in making perfumes and as a flavoring in foods and beverages!. Alternatives: synthetic or vegetable fixatives!.

Amino Acids!.
The building blocks of protein in all animals and plants!. In cosmetics, vitamins, supplements, shampoos, etc!. Alternatives: synthetics, plant sources!.

Aminosuccinate Acid!.
(See Aspartic Acid!.)

Angora!.
Hair from the Angora rabbit or goat!. Used in clothing!. Alternatives: synthetic fibers!.


Animal Fats and Oils!.
In foods, cosmetics, etc!. Highly allergenic!. Alternatives: olive oil, wheat germ oil, coconut oil, flaxseed oil, almond oil, safflower oil, etc!.

Animal Hair!.
In some blankets, mattresses, brushes, furniture, etc!. Alternatives: vegetable and synthetic fibers!.

Arachidonic Acid!.
A liquid unsaturated fatty acid that is found in liver, brain, glands, and fat of animals and humans!. Generally isolated from animal liver!. Used in companion animal food for nutrition and in skin creams and lotions to soothe eczema and rashes!. Alternatives: synthetics, aloe vera, tea tree oil, calendula ointment!.

Arachidyl Proprionate!.
A wax that can be from animal fat!. Alternatives: peanut or vegetable oil!.

Aspartic Acid!. Aminosuccinate Acid!.
Can be animal or plant source (e!.g!., molasses)!. Sometimes synthesized for commercial purposes!.

Bee Pollen!.
Microsporic grains in seed plants gathered by bees then collected from the legs of bees!. Causes allergic reactions in some people!. In nutritional supplements, shampoos, toothpastes, deodorants!. Alternatives: synthetics, plant amino acids, pollen collected from plants!.

Bee Products!.
Produced by bees for their own use!. Bees are selectively bred!. Culled bees are killed!. A cheap sugar is substituted for their stolen honey!. Millions die as a result!. Their legs are often torn off by pollen-collection trapdoors!.

Beeswax!. Honeycomb!.
Wax obtained from melting honeycomb with boiling water, straining it, and cooling it!. From virgin bees!. Very cheap and widely used!. May be harmful to the skin!. In lipsticks and many other cosmetics (especially face creams, lotions, mascara, eye creams and shadows, face makeups, nail whiteners, lip balms, etc!.)!. Derivatives: Cera Flava!. Alternatives: paraffin, vegetable oils and fats!. Ceresin, aka ceresine, aka earth wax!. (Made from the mineral ozokerite!. Replaces beeswax in cosmetics!. also used to wax paper, to make polishing cloths, in dentistry for taking wax impressions, and in candle-making!.) also, carnauba wax (from the Brazilian palm tree; used in many cosmetics, including lipstick; rarely causes allergic reactions)!. Candelilla wax (from candelilla plants; used in many cosmetics, including lipstick; also in the manufacture of rubber and phonograph records, in waterproofing and writing inks; no known toxicity)!. Japan wax (Vegetable wax!. Japan tallow!. Fat from the fruit of a tree grown in Japan and China!.)!.

Benzoic Acid!.
In almost all vertebrates and in berries!. Used as a preservative in mouthwashes, deodorants, creams, aftershave lotions, etc!. Alternatives: cranberries, gum benzoin (tincture) from the aromatic balsamic resin from trees grown in China, Sumatra, Thailand, and Cambodia!.

Beta Carotene!.
(See Carotene!.)

Biotin!. Vitamin H!. Vitamin B Factor!.
In every living cell and in larger amounts in milk and yeast!. Used as a texturizer in cosmetics, shampoos, and creams!. Alternatives: plant sources!.

Blood!.
From any slaughtered animal!. Used as adhesive in plywood, also found in cheese-making, foam rubber, intravenous feedings, and medicines!. Possibly in foods such as lecithin!. Alternatives: synthetics, plant sources!.

Boar Bristles!.
Hair from wild or captive hogs!. In "natural" toothbrushes and bath and shaving brushes!. Alternatives: vegetable fibers, nylon, the peelu branch or peelu gum (Asian, available in the U!.S!.; its juice replaces toothpaste)!.

Bone Char!.
Animal bone ash!. Used in bone china and often to make sugar white!. Serves as the charcoal used in aquarium filters!. Alternatives: synthetic tribasic calcium phosphate!.


Bone Meal!.
Crushed or ground animal bones!. In some fertilizers!. In some vitamins and supplements as a source of calcium!. In toothpastes!. Alternatives: plant mulch, vegetable compost, dolomite, clay, vegetarian vitamins!.

Calciferol!.
(See Vitamin D!.)

Calfskin!.
(See Leather!.)

Caprylamine Oxide!.
(See Caprylic Acid!.)

Capryl Betaine!.
(See Caprylic Acid!.)

Caprylic Acid!.
A liquid fatty acid from cow's or goat's milk!. also from palm and coconut oil, other plant oils!. In perfumes, soaps!. Derivatives: Caprylic Triglyceride, Caprylamine Oxide, Capryl Betaine!. Alternatives: plant sources!.

Caprylic Triglyceride!.
(See Caprylic Acid!.)

Carbamide!.
(See Urea!.)

Carmine!. Cochineal!. Carminic Acid!.
Red pigment from the crushed female cochineal insect!. Reportedly, 70,000 beetles must be killed to produce one pound of this red dye!. Used in cosmetics, shampoos, red apple sauce, and other foods (including red lollipops and food coloring)!. May cause allergic reaction!. Alternatives: beet juice (used in powders, rouges, shampoos; no known toxicity); alkanet root (from the root of this herb-like tree; used as a red dye for inks, wines, lip balms, etc!.; no known toxicity!. Can also be combined to make a copper or blue coloring)!. (See Colors!.)

Carminic Acid!.
(See Carmine!.)

Carotene!. Provitamin A!. Beta Carotene!.
A pigment found in many animal tissues and in all plants!. Used as a coloring in cosmetics and in the manufacture of vitamin A!.

Casein!. Caseinate!. Sodium Caseinate!.
Milk protein!. In "non-dairy" creamers, soy cheese, many cosmetics, hair preparations, beauty masks!. Alternatives: soy protein, soy milk, and other vegetable milks!.

Caseinate!.
(See Casein!.)

Cashmere!.
Wool from the Kashmir goat!. Used in clothing!. Alternatives: synthetic fibers!.


Castor!. Castoreum!.
Creamy substance with strong odor from muskrat and beaver genitals!. Used as a fixative in perfume and incense!. Alternatives: synthetics, plant castor oil!.

Castoreum!.
(See Castor!.)

Catgut!.
Tough string from the intestines of sheep, horses, etc!. Used for surgical sutures!. also for stringing tennis rackets and musical instruments, etc!. Alternatives: nylon and other synthetic fibers!.

Cera Flava!.
(See Beeswax!.)

Cerebrosides!.
Fatty acids and sugars found in the covering of nerves!. May include tissue from brain!.

Cetyl Alcohol!.
Wax found in spermaceti from sperm whales or dolphins!. Alternatives: Vegetable cetyl alcohol (e!.g!., coconut), synthetic spermaceti!.

Cetyl Palmitate!.
(See Spermaceti!.)

Chitosan!.
A fiber derived from crustacean shells!. Used as a lipid binder in diet products, in hair, oral and skin care products, antiperspirants, and deodorants!. Alternatives: raspberries, yams, legumes, dried apricots, and many other fruits and vegetables!.

Cholesterin!.
(See Lanolin!.)

Cholesterol!.
A steroid alcohol in all animal fats and oils, nervous tissue, egg yolk, and blood!. Can be derived from lanolin!. In cosmetics, eye creams, shampoos, etc!. Alternatives: solid complex alcohols (sterols) from plant sources!.

Choline Bitartrate!.
(See Lecithin!.)

Civet!.
Unctuous secretion painfully scraped from a gland very near the genital organs of civet cats!. Used as a fixative in perfumes!. Alternatives: (See alternatives to Musk!.)!.

Cochineal!.
(See Carmine!.)

Cod Liver Oil!.
(See Marine Oil!.)


Collagen!.
Fibrous protein in vertebrates!. Usually derived from animal tissue!. Can't affect the skin's own collagen!. An allergen!. Alternatives: soy protein, almond oil, amla oil (see alternative to Keratin), etc!.

Colors!. Dyes!.
Pigments from animal, plant, and synthetic sources used to color foods, cosmetics, and other products!. Cochineal is from insects!. Widely used FD&C and D&C colors are coaltar (bituminous coal) derivatives that are continously tested on animals due to their carcinogenic properties!. Alternatives: grapes, beets, turmeric, saffron, carrots, chlorophyll, annatto, alkanet!.

Corticosteroid!.
(See Cortisone!.)

Cortisone!. Corticosteroid!.
Hormone from adrenal glands!. Widely used in medicine!. Alternatives: synthetics!.

Cysteine, L-Form!.
An amino acid from hair which can come from animals!. Used in hair-care products and creams, in some bakery products, and in wound-healing formulations!. Alternatives: plant sources!.

Cystine!.
An amino acid found in urine and horsehair!. Used as a nutritional supplement and in emollients!. Alternatives: plant sources!.

Dexpanthenol!.
(See Panthenol!.)

Diglycerides!.
(See Monoglycerides and Glycerin!.)

Dimethyl Stearamine!.
(See Stearic Acid!.)

Down!.
Goose or duck insulating feathers!. From slaughtered or cruelly exploited geese!. Used as an insulator in quilts, parkas, sleeping bags, pillows, eWww@FoodAQ@Com

yes!. you can eat any of these!.
a vegitarian is where you only can't eat meat!.
so feel free to eat them :]Www@FoodAQ@Com

YES!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You really have to check the ingredients on the box but I say no!. Because Jell-O contains gelatin witch are basically leftover scraps of grinded meat and bones so jello has a bouncy form!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no they contain gelatin which is an animal by productWww@FoodAQ@Com

Yes they can because Vegetarians don't eat meat!. They can also eat marshmallow, Gummy bears, and anything else gummy!. Maybe they just don't like that stuffWww@FoodAQ@Com

They CAN but they wouldnt be vegetarians!. Marshmallows and gummy bears i think are now being made with a seaweed gelatin though!? I'm not completely sure but i read that somewhereWww@FoodAQ@Com

It still contains animal parts I like something with the hooves and eating Gummy bears is like eating an animal anyways its the whole conceptWww@FoodAQ@Com

Jello, gummy bears, and marshmallows all contain gelatin, which is animal deprived!. Vegetarians certainly can eat gelatin, but if they do it wouldn't make them vegetarian anymore!. So basically what I'm trying to say is if you want to be a vegetarian and stay that way, don't eat gelatin!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No! because Jello is made by boiling down cow bones!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

YUP!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Gelatin is made from animal parts, so an animal has to die to make it!. Yes, it's not meat, but it's still definitely not vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes, gelatine is an animal by-product!.!.!.!. But the question should be, is it okay to eat gelatine!? Well, the companies who buy the gelatine to make the jelly, are only buying it because it is cheap!. Their intention isn't to slaughter an animal and takes its gelatine *sic*!. It's just a by-product of the meat industry!. The meat industry would only throw it out if people didn't buy it!. I don't think buying gelatine products is supporting any form of animal torture, and i doubt it supports the meat industry in any real way!. If there was a cheaper non-animal substitute for gelatine, i'm sure the sweets companies would buy it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

NO NO NO
Jello is made from gelatin--the boiled tendons and bones of animals!. There are vegetarian alternatives though, but a bit more pricey and contain lots-o-corn syrupWww@FoodAQ@Com

no!. i dunno why people are saying yes!. jello, marshmellows, pop tarts, gummy bears, and yogurt have gelatin in it which contains animal tissue or organs or sumthing like that!. basically it still comes from killing an animal- so no its not okay for a vegetarian to eat gelatin!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Not if they want to remain vegetarian!. Those contain gelatin, and gelatin is NOT vegetarian!. You can buy/make vegetarian versions of all of those though!.

"Gelatin is made from the bones, skins, hoofs, and tendons of cows, pigs, fish and other animals!. It is animal protein used especially for its thickening and gelling properties!. It is a non-vegetarian product!. It is often used in candies and Jello!."Www@FoodAQ@Com





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