Can a vegetarian eat chicken flavored soup?

Answer 1

i'm vegetarian and i eat it. if they are an incredibly strict sort of vegetarian they probably won't. but most of us let stuff like that slide.

Answer 2

If the person is a vegetarian who also avoids hidden animal products such as beef and chicken stocks, lard, and gelatin.The broth should be made with vegetarian chicken broth or vegetable broth.Here is a recipie:

* Exported from MasterCook

BASIC “CHICKEN” BROTH

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups Vegetarian

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 c Water, boiling
3 tb Corn oil
2 tb Nutritional yeast (or more)
1 t Poultry seasoning (or more)
1/2 c Mushrooms -- chopped
1/2 c Onions -- finely chopped
1 tb Vegetable broth powder or
--bouillon
Onion salt to taste

Stir ingredients together for an instant broth. Use in
recipes calling for chicken stock, and as a basis for
chickenless noodle or rice soup.

For a basic “chicken” gravy, use the above recipe,
stirring in flour at medium to low heat until desired
thickness is reached. Delicious over mashed potatoes,
stuffing and rice.

Answer 3

Most chicken flavored soup has chicken fat in it so it is not vegetarian. If you read labels, you will also find that most national brand soups have animal products. You are safe with Amy's soups and making your own soup using vegetable stock and broth and there is a "no Chicken" broth made by Imagine (I think) that can be found in health stores and natural markets.

Answer 4

If you are looking for technicalities to get around vegetarianism then just eat the chicken. Having chicken broth defeats the spirit of being a vegetarian.

Answer 5

If you eat chicken, you arent vegetarian. The idea is not to eat animals. By eating chicken based soups you are creating a demand for chicken carcasses. I stopped eating Baked Lays because they have chicken fat in them. Yuck!

Answer 6

if the flavouring is made from real chicken, then no.
if the flavouring is merely a chemical that isn't derived from actual chicken, then sure.

i eat chicken soup that is made with a chemical to reproduce the 'chicken' flavour. it's just as good as the real thing. in fact, better, cos there's no guilt from the death of an animal

oh, and Laura S is wrong.
if you're an ovo-lacto vegetarian, you eat eggs and dairy, but NOT chicken, as it is still a meat.

Answer 7

i'm a veg and i used to eat top ramen until i found out there is actually ground up chicken in the flavoring. i say go ahead as long as there isn't any real animal in the soup.

Answer 8

Yes, because it is just a bunch of chemicals, it isnt really chicken. It is jsut flavored that way. Trust me I use to be a vegetarian.

Answer 9

I never have, do you mean chicken broth or just the flavor? Because if its just the flavor of chicken, and its not actually not a chicken product I do not think there is anything wrong with it. My tofu turkey had some kind of turkey esscence in it.

Answer 10

If the flavoring is chemically- rather than organically-based, yes. However, most chicken flavoring is based on chicken broth.

Answer 11

yes if its just flavored although you might have to check on the label to find out if it has any ingredients of chicken. like chicken broth its just a soup with veggies.