What are some unknown foods to stay away from as a vegetarian?!


Question: What are some unknown foods to stay away from as a vegetarian?
I've recently found out that McDonalds fries has beef added, Tropicana juice has sheep's stomach/lining in it and Taco Bell beans are made with a small amount of butane (lighter fluid). I am looking for some websites or anyone that has more information on commonly overlooked products that are in fact not vegetarian. Thanks

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Hi. TY for the info on Tropicana... I did not know that... :(
Here's my list of foods I think aren't known to not be vegetarian:

-Twinkies (contain beef fat)
-Most soups (contain chicken broth)
-Most alfredo sauce (contain chicken fat)
-A lot of cake mixes in the box (contain animal fat)
-French fries from restaurants, not just from McDonalds (fried in with other meats)
-Some white sugars (although it's rare these days, some companies still bleach their sugar with bone char or bleach itself)
-any fried food from restaurants (usually fried in with their meat)
-Worcestershire sauce (contains anchovies)
-Certain sauce packets and certain salad dressings (anchovies)
-Most deli pastries or baked goods (may contain shellfish)
-McDonald's cherry and apple pies (contain animal fat)
-Most Mexican restaurant beans (contain either lard or chicken broth)
-most chewy candies contain geletin
-some yogurts contain geletin
-marshmallows have geletin
-a lot of cheeses have rennet

If you want the list of foods that are thought to be vegan, well, that's a whole 'nother category.

Vegan



Most cheeses have rennet, the lining of a cows stomach added.
doritos and cheetos!
a lot of brands of sour cream
a lot of soups and stuffings have chicken or beef stock, even when they don't have actual meat in them
Twinkies and Hostess Cupcakes
most low fat yogurts have gelatin
worchestire sauce
refried beans that have lard
candy apple's shiny red coating is made from beetles..
i heard skittles arent but idk why!

thanks for the info on the juice!
i don't eat fast food though so that's ok about those, thank goodness!:P



i never ever eat at taco bell --solves problem
you should really try soy chicken it's delicious it comes in a box in the frozen section and its delicious
anyway good luck don't stress too much just don't eat meat or fish it's not hard

vegetarian for over six years



If you take vitamins make sure they don't have gelatin in them :)



Um, I just have a little bit of info for you. Vegetarians just don't eat direct meat. Vegans are the ones that don't eat ANYTHING with animal byproducts in it. So, you're NOT a vegetarian. You're a vegan. :D




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