Veganuary
katherineleggett
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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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No, unless it’s part of a title of a pre-packed item I guess!
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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.1 -
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You can just include vegan as a keyword and search for the item on the web. That will bring up sites that will likely tell you if it is vegan not.
For example:
McDonalds French fries vegan
will tell you that their fries aren't even vegetarian.. (has never been a veggie-friendly except in places where sufficient local preferences force the issue, such as in India).
But
Dominos pizza vegan
will give you specifics of what precisely you can order that will be vegan-friendly at Dominos, besides just asking for no cheese on your pizza.
Vegan yogurt
Vegan yoghurt
will point you to any vegan yoghurts available today. Likewise for
Vegan ice cream
Vegan frozen dessert
Also easy recipes for making your own can be found the same way, just add recipe as a keyword.
Simple foods that you prepare at home will be obviously vegan (raw or cooked veggies without sauce or with a definitely vegan sauce, fruit or beans or nuts and seeds likewise, homemade bread and crackers, etc.) Otherwise read labels very carefully. If you aren't sure about an ingredient, just search for it on the web with the keyword vegan added. Look for "plant-based" nowadays, that's generally vegan-friendly.
Morningstar Farms is often available in stores when other veggie brands are not, and they are veganizing their entire line of frozen processed foods (getting rid of the egg whites and dairy in their recipes). Will probably be completely vegan (plant-based) within a year. All their chik'n products and their corn dogs are now vegan and they have a relatively new 1/4 pound burger that is vegan (their vegan cheezeburger is really good). They also already have vegan chorizo and various strips in addition to patties and nuggets etc.. Like all processed foods, their stuff is loaded with salt, though. Same for Amy's Kitchen frozen foods, which has a lot of vegan-friendly options and your local store may have or can get items in the line.
You can easily eat a simple but varied vegan diet if you just think about hitting the basic food groups regularly (in my case: nuts, seeds, legumes/beans, grains, vegetables/ mushrooms, fruit, non-animal fats/oils and sweeteners). A food tracker will easily tell you if you are getting enough protein or fiber or whatever concerns you. My experience has been that it's hard not to get enough protein on a varied vegan diet that doesn't include too much vegan junk food...
A lot of online food sources have vegan food sections, which can help you if you want processed food or sources of simple foods not locally available. If you know what you might want, that also will help you asking your local grocery store to make a special order for you. If their distributors carry it, they can get it for you.
For example, check out vegan yoghurts available now from many dairy yoghurt manufacturers. (I add vegan protein powder to them, since the non-soy-based ones have low protein.)
VeganEssentials is all vegan and so browsing there can show you some of the possibilities. I don't have a car so get a lot of food mailorder, and other reliable sites that do have vegan options include Thrive Market (membership fee but there is a free trial), Vitacost, LuckyVitamin, iHerb, The Gluten-Free Mall, Amazon, even Walmart.
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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.1 -
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!3 -
If they are available to you, Trader Joe's (reasonable prices) and Whole Foods (aka "Whole Paycheck") have clearly labeled vegan items.0
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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/1 -
Vegan does nothing for health lol and never will stop animal killing is cruel as it is1
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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.).0 -
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.1
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nope, but I don't recommend going vegan lol0
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