Is the jell-o sugar free pudding cook and serve vegan?!
Is the jell-o sugar free pudding cook and serve vegan?
http://kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=produc... it looks like it but need more opinions since they say the regular puddings are and , the instant sugar frees aren't since milk in them but how about the sugar free cook ones?
Answers: I look at these ingredients:
Ingredients: CORNSTARCH, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM CARRAGEENAN (THICKENER), FUMARIC ACID, ASPARTAME AND ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENERS), POLYSORBATE 60 (PREVENTS SCORCHING), RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 2.
I _cringe_.
Why not instead serve a pudding dessert made with real tapioca pearls and rice milk and real vanilla and organic sugar and a dash of salt? If you want chocolate pudding, you can add natural cocoa and a bit more sugar. Use fresh fruit to garnish.
The key to veganism is to stay away from processed foods! Fill your cupboards with real foods, and enjoy . . . Source(s):
Veggie of over 30-plus years, and still going . . . you can't have pudding without milk that's why they put in those words "natural flavors", it's not vegan. Mori Nu silken tofu has a pudding mix that is vegan. NO. It still has gelatin, which makes it jiggle. Gelatin is the cartilage of animals. It is unlikely to be vegan: the gelatine which is used for setting jello is an animal product. i highly doubt it... i question all processed foods.
read the labels.. research the chemicals.. additives, ingredients online... and you make the final choice...
that's the best one can do actually.. esp. when i hear more and more that a lot of companies do not list all the ingredients... which is another hassle.
i wouldn't trust it... i'd say NO in my opinion. Polysorbate 60 can be animal sourced. So can natural flavouring. So no, without contacting the company, you can't assume it's vegan. it probably has gelatin. gelatin is a product made of boiled ligaments, skin and small bones.
unless there are some plants that i'm not aware of that produce these things to boil, jello products are decidedly not vegan. http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan/...