Gelatin In Multivitamins?!
Gelatin In Multivitamins?
So i recently turned vegetarian, and found out that gelatin (produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments of animals) is found in my multivitamins.
do any multivitamins exist that have no gelatin?
Answers:
Yes, but most gelatin is not made from animals and a lot of it is made from agar-agar. You are very right to question the labels on bottles and packages. Here is some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/agar...
Here are some links for Vegan vitamins and supplements:
http://www.veganunlimited.com/supplement...
http://www.vegetarianvitamin.com/index.p...
Yes. Just go to a health food store or a natural food store and ask for vegan approved vitamins.
Yeah. I found that out to when my mom brought us some vitamins at Akin's. There were two versions vegetarian and non vegetarian. I wondered if thats non vegetarian then it must have some type of animal product in them. I was like omg when will they stop putting animal byproducts in everything?!?!??!?!?!?!?
How gross....
Health food stores have vegetarian vitamins.
You know what is so interesting about the gelatin thing, is that there is some vitamin companies out there from Europe and they have to test there gelatin and make sure it is prion-free (mad cow disease prions). Since we don't even have mad cow disease here in the US (as the government states) then our gelatin doesn't have to be tested. . . . but still it makes you wonder.
You will have to look at any soft capsule supplement, or herb, and check to see if it is a vegetarian capsule, and not gelatin (which is the cheapest way to go for a company to use).
I get my vitamins from Trader Joes, they are usually good. Also you have to be careful with normal store vita mans because some of them contain powdered animal contents, always read the ingredients. Hope this helps!
Hey there Earthbaby! It's important to always read the labels on your vitamins because of the chance that they may have slipped in some animal product, such as gelatin, particularly in generic and cheap brands. Your best bet is to go to your local co-op or health foods store (like whole foods, trader joes, harvest market, etc) and check your options out there. It is often worth it to pay a couple extra bucks.