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I’m going vegan in January, is their any part of the app that tells you if food is vegan or not

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  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
    No, unless it’s part of a title of a pre-packed item I guess!
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    No.
  • kperk91
    kperk91 Posts: 226 Member
    No, but there is a phone app that can scan a product's barcode and tell you if it is vegan. Sadly, I can't remember the name of the app.
    When it comes to reading ingredient lists for items you'll buy - some products will have a "certified vegan" seal on them.
  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 702 Member
    edited December 2019
    There is a lot of info on the Veganuary sure as they are trying to help people get started.

    Something to be aware of, always check the ingredients. You might think something is obviously vegan, ready salted crisps for example, but some brands use milk powder in the flavoring or for browning. So until you work out which brands work you need to check.
  • dreamer12151
    dreamer12151 Posts: 1,031 Member
    kperk91 wrote: »
    No, but there is a phone app that can scan a product's barcode and tell you if it is vegan. Sadly, I can't remember the name of the app.

    The app is "Is It Vegan". It is a really good app, but not every food is in there, I found.

    I found for a quick reference, if you are looking a packaged foods, then look for the shorter lists. If you can't pronounce the ingredients, then really is it something you want to consume? If you see "whey" or "casien" put it back, that is dairy.

    You will be looking at the labels of E V E R Y T H I N G for a while. Even foods you think would be "safe" and vegan are not. (My meat eating BF wanted stuffing for Thanksgiving, so I thought I would be safe with Stove Top, but no, all flavors have chicken in them.) Even going out to a restaraunt, when you order a soup it is important to ask what the base is for it.

    Plenty of good YouTube channels to help as well, some with websites (Sarah's Vegan Kitchen, Sweet Potato Soul, Simnett's Nutrition, Cheap Lazy Vegan to name a few)

    Good luck on your journey!
  • LAT1963
    LAT1963 Posts: 1,375 Member
    If they are available to you, Trader Joe's (reasonable prices) and Whole Foods (aka "Whole Paycheck") have clearly labeled vegan items.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited December 2019
    The more you prep your own meals from whole foods made from scratch, the less of an issue this will be. Here are almost 2000 vegan recipes: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/1227/everyday-cooking/vegan/

    If you're avoiding regular sugar because of the use of bone char, there are brands like Florida Crystals and Zulka that don't use it.

    More info and a longer list of vegan sugar brands here: https://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/are-animal-ingredients-included-in-white-sugar/
  • DarrenGreens10
    DarrenGreens10 Posts: 30 Member
    Vegan does nothing for health lol and never will stop animal killing is cruel as it is
  • ThatJuJitsuWoman
    ThatJuJitsuWoman Posts: 155 Member
    Which country are you in? If you’re here in the U.K. the laws on allergy labelling have made it a bit easier to scan ingredients lists. Milk, eggs and fish are common allergens, so they are always highlighted. Gelatine is generally not highlighted, so you’ll have to look a bit more carefully for that. Don’t worry about the bone char in sugar, it isn’t used in British brands.

    As someone else said, the more food you cook for yourself the easier it will be. Eating out is getting easier, most places have at least one vegan option and if not you can always have salad and chips (even in McDonalds, since they cook their fries in vegetable oil in the U.K.).
  • Nery_Tay
    Nery_Tay Posts: 81 Member
    I would read the ingredients label (Specifically in the US) It states whether it contains Milk, Eggs in black under the list saying "Contains (Food Items)". I would recommending focusing on Whole Food Plant Based Vegan (Currently I'm switching from a junk food vegan diet). Some products contain a V meaning vegan, but don't be confused with the U which means Kosher.
  • FireyChimera
    FireyChimera Posts: 155 Member
    nope, but I don't recommend going vegan lol