Hidden Animal Ingredients
IslasLorax
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Hello fellow vegans, what are some hidden animal ingredients that you know about & can you explain why the byproduct is not vegan?
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I can only think of the following offhand:
Sugar - use of bone char for filtration process
Glycerin - use of animal fat
Lactic Acid - from animals (lactic acid in muscles)
Casein - milk protein0 -
I'm not sure about by-products, but I do have a few foods that contain animal ingredients that you would think would be vegetarian.
McDonald's fries- flavored with seasoning containing beef
Sour Cream- can't remember why
Cheeto's- can't remember why again0 -
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isn't stearic acid one?
used in a lot of body washes and stuff i think?
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isn't stearic acid one?
used in a lot of body washes and stuff i think?
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Yup!0 -
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Sour cream is made with gelatin.
I do believe that McDonalds has been pressured off using beef tallow for their fries, but other chains like Burger King ( at least last I heard) still use it.0 -
Yuck! Didn't realize McD's fries had beef seasoning!
I have a hard time looking at those lists because I don't know what foods they are in and I never remember them all Although they are SUPER useful I'm looking for the most common or some real shockers (like McD fries).0 -
What is this most used in?0 -
isn't stearic acid one?
used in a lot of body washes and stuff i think?
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Yup!
Why stearic acid?0 -
Taco bell rice is cooked in I think chicken stock? I just know it's not vegan haha.0
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stearic acid can come from animal fat
i remembered reading about it forever ago so i googled it0 -
Sour cream is made with gelatin.
I do believe that McDonalds has been pressured off using beef tallow for their fries, but other chains like Burger King ( at least last I heard) still use it.
Good to know!0 -
I know these things are different in the States to the UK, McDonalds have used vegetable oil for their fries for years over here.
The ones I watch out for are E471, which is mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, and is not vegetarian, gelatin, and rennet. Also cochineal (from beetles). It is much easier in the UK, I find, than any other country I have been to, as in supermarkets almost all products are marked if they are 100% vegetarian.0 -
What is this most used in?
Carmine, aka Crimson Lake and Natural Red #40, is used in foods like yogurt and juice and also in cosmetics and paints.
Also, the candy cigarettes (remember those?) have beef gelatin in them.0 -
I have heard the following aren't vegan but haven't researched why, does anyone know?
Petroleum
Parafin wax
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I know these things are different in the States to the UK, McDonalds have used vegetable oil for their fries for years over here.
The ones I watch out for are E471, which is mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, and is not vegetarian, gelatin, and rennet. Also cochineal (from beetles). It is much easier in the UK, I find, than any other country I have been to, as in supermarkets almost all products are marked if they are 100% vegetarian.
Rennet! That's what is in Cheetos that makes them non-vegetarian!0 -
Edit: nevermind, someone else beat me to it!0
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wine & beer isinglass or gelatin can be used in the fining process.
it's a wee bit misleading to say sugar isn't vegan - as far as i know, using bone char is quite old fashioned and many brands are fine for vegans. obviously it gets difficult to confirm when unspecificed "sugar" is used as an ingredient in processed food though.
IslasLorax - i'd hazard a guess that petroleum might not be vegan on the technicality that long, long ago, it was plankton and stuff. i don't actually know for sure though!0 -
jemmur - sorry, i meant petroleum jelly, like vaseline. lol0
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