Can vegetarians eat jello?

Answer 1

It depends on their motivation for being vegetarian, whether it's a preference (don't like the taste of meat) or a moral no-killing thing. There's also a difference between vegetarian and vegan. I'm ovolactovegetarian which means I eat milk and eggs--things animals give without dying. Vegans won't eat any animal products whatsoever--which means almost nothing industrially produced, because there are lots of hidden by-products that don't sound animal on the label.
Veganism can be expensive because specialist products are.
But most vegetarians and vegans would say "no" to jello because it's made from animal bones.

Answer 2

Regular Jello? Nope.

These Jello products are Vegan:

Jello-O Instant Pudding (Banana Creme)
Jello-O Instant Pudding (Chocolate)
Jello-O Instant Pudding (Lemon)
Jello-O Instant Pudding (Vanilla)

Hain makes a jello-like product that is even better than regular Jello.

BTW, just because a gelatin product is marked Kosher doesn't mean it is vegetarian. Kosher gelatin can be made with fish bones or beef skins. Kosher law is very complex, and the bones and hides used in gelatin production are considered pareve.

See this site for an in-depth explanation:

http://www.ivu.org/faq/gelatine.html

Answer 3

Vegetarian cannot eat the brand name "Jello" because it is made from gelatin. However, you can make jello with something called Agar, which is a replacement to gelatin, and is made of sea weed. The reason many companies use gelatin over agar is because gelatin is much cheaper, made from animal bones (either fish or meat).

Answer 4

They can eat anything they want to. They just choose to avoid meat. I know of some vegetarians who will not eat Jello, and some who do.

Answer 5

Jello Brand is not vegetarian. Dole makes a fruit in Gel that is vegetarian friendly. There are also off brands that either use agar or carageenan in place of the gelatin.

Answer 6

It depends on your own personal guidelines for eating meat. The gelatin used to make Jello does contain animal bi-products. I think its some kind of beef stock but i'm not sure.

Answer 7

Jello is a no-no for vegans and for vegetarians. Vegetarians do not eat animals in any forms but they do eat eggs, milk, and honey unless they are more strict vegetarians then they don't eat eggs. Now vegans also don't eat animals in any form and they also do not eat eggs, milk, or honey ( well some vegans do eat honey).

Answer 8

Jello in itself is gross. Who would want to eat it? Being a vegetarian myself, I haven't eatten Jello since I was a little kid and I probably won't have it in my house when I'm older, not because of what's in it, but just because it's gross.

Answer 9

vegetarians are very weird people, jello can be mate from meat products so it depends on the jello basic ingredient

Answer 10

No they can't.

The production of gelatin starts with the boiling of bones, skins, and hides of pigs, horses and cows, in 70-foot vats to extract and hydrolyze the protein collagen, which is then soaked and filtered. Horns or hooves are not used, as is traditionally thought. The extract is then dried and ground to form a powder, and is mixed with sugar, adipic acid, fumaric acid, sodium citrate, and artificial flavorings and food colors. Because the collagen is processed extensively, the final product is not categorized as a meat or animal product by the US federal government.