Can I eat it?

Question

I've been vegetarian for over a year and a half. After thinking about it for a good while, I've decided to become vegan. I've found that there are a lot of confusing, smoke screen words listed under ingredients. What are some commonly used words that are 'code' for animal?

Answer 1

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/criteria.php
http://www.veganwolf.com/animal_ingredients.htm
http://veganpeace.com/ingredients/ingredients.htm


and this book has ALL animal ingredients listed
http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Ingredients-E-Smith-Collective/dp/1902593812/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0806407-2432768?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185556915&sr=8-1

hope that helps

Answer 2

Food glaze or confectioners glaze is code for a shellac (insect) type glaze that appears on foods. I see that, and I put the stuff right back on the shelf.

Carmine is a red food coloring from the crushed bodies of cochineal beetles. It appears in makeup, some red juice drinks, some candies.

Gelatin(e)--well, I'm sure you know about that.

Many other ingredients could be vegan or not, such as glycerin(e) Unless it says vegetable before it, you may want to call and ask. Lecithin is made of soy or eggs. It will usually say soy lecithin if it's the vegan variety.

You can get "Animal Ingredients from A to Z from the E.B. Smith Collective" (sold by your friendly neighborhood online retailer), but that is an exhaustive list--holy cannoli! I tend to go for the biggies--the obvious animal stocks and fats, bee products (honey, beeswax, propolis, royal jelly), confectioners/food glaze, and gelatin, and not worry terribly about the rest.

And if you see something that lists a cholesterol count of greater than 0, it's almost certainly not vegan (only animal products have cholesterol).

If you have a question, you can always contact the manufacturer and ask.

Answer 3

Most vegans eat a very basic and wholesome diet. The meals consist of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, pulses, tofu etc.

If you want to buy tinned products and jars just be aware taht glycerine, geletine, honey, yeast etc are all animal products. There may be additives and perservatives that may be in jars and tins so beaware. A real vegan literally has to check every jar, box and tin to ensure there are no animal byproducts being used. Its a lot easier being a vegetarian but if you want to continue the journey to being a vegan please join a vegan support group and get on to some vegan web sites like vegan wolf which are really great forums for information. Good luck.

Answer 4

I just recently became a vegan myself and was wondering the same exact thing. So I did some research and came across this website. Click on the link that says "ingredients to avoid" Hope that helps, cause it sure helped me.

http://www.veganwolf.com/keep_on_hand.htm

Answer 5

It will depend on the fruit or veg associated with a comparison. In the event you compare a n to a carrot, the carrot is the better of the two nutritional. But once you compare an avocado to the carrot, then this avocado is better. The two the apple and avocado, are fruits.

Answer 6

well it depends on if you think of that as eating meat or not because some of those codes are usually artificial so its up to you really i mean im also vegetarian but i eat eggs and pretty much everything else besides actual meat.

viman

Answer 7

That is great! My biggest word of advice is to study a balanced vegan diet and learn how to cook/prepare everything that you will need to keep yourself satisfied BEFORE you start to label yourself as vegan. This is important in keeping yourself healthy and working towards a fit body that can redefine vegan stereotypes.

Your journey as vegetarian was just the beginning of a longer one to a plant-based diet with no animal products. This should be due to the reality of factory farming in which animals that are kept alive to produce milk, eggs, etc suffer much more and longer than animals that are raised to a certain weight and then slaughtered.http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
http://meat.org
Some people use the word "vegan" in reference to this idea, but be aware that applying that label to yourself should always come with the inclusion of wise activism and advocacy.http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/index.html
Two extremely important examples of this are that you should never speak to someone about vegetarianism/veganism without their consent and genuine interest or as a comment on what they are eating AND your dietary beliefs should never be used as an introduction or explanation of who you are as a person. Veg*ism should be something that comes up AFTER people get to know you and they offer you a situation that makes it confusing to withhold the information/discussion. Also, if you are presented something that you choose not to eat or you are
ordering food/eating together somewhere/picking the best place to eat.

A responsible vegan ALWAYS studies the subject of their own health and how to keep their body completely provided for in every sense. http://www.veganhealth.org/sh
To neglect their body is to define a plant-based diet as unhealthy and is the opposite of helping the animals.

When you you hold off on the subject until it's necessary and then act like it isn't a big deal at all, people are usually surprised and WAY more interested and curious than if you were to bring it up when someone's eating or just using it as a conversation starter.

A balanced plant-based diet includes grains(breads, pasta, rice,cereal), legumes(soy, beans, peas, lentils), fruit and vegetables.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/food_groups.html
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/eating.html
Being vegan can be an art, one whose challenge is to take things that involve the suffering of the innocent and change them into something free of cruelty.

A vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential.

Technically the term "vegetarian" does imply that you don't consume anything that comes from the body of an animal that requires killing it. Many ingredients such as gelatin and glycerin are found in many candies, Fig-Newtons, and many of other foods as well as rennet found in many cheeses.
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-ingredients.html
The best thing to remember is to take your time so that for example: when you are comfortable not eating whey and casein you can then give up sodium stearoyl lactylate and L-cysteine when you are sure you can make the commitment permanently.
Depending on your age or reliance on parents or regional options, it may not be best to give yourself a label. The important thing is to do your best to make progress and be committed to your compassion towards animals. Never put your focus onto what you or other people use to describe yourself.

If you meet someone that talks down to people for eating meat, dairy, etc or to you because they think they are "more veg" than you, laugh in their face and tell them they are a disgrace to the entire philosophy. People like this only hurt the idea of veg*ism AND the animals. The point of all of this is to live compassionately and and as free from cruelty as you can, all the while maintaining your health and a positive attitude. People who don't maintain either, need not open their mouths and represent our beliefs.

If you actually choose to read all of this, I hope it helps. If not, feel free to e-mail me if you have questions.

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I'm vegan and these are some of my favorite things to eat:

Breakfast: bananas, cream of wheat with brown sugar and soy butter, cereal, pancakes or french toast with real maple syrup, vegan "sausage" patties, smoothies.

Lunch: VEGAN "SAUSAGE" SANDWICHES, sandwiches with vegan deli slices(Tofurkey is the only one that's kinda funky), fruit, dinner leftovers, couscous salad, vegan sushi, potato or pasta salad.

Dinner: sloppy joes, "sausage" and gravy with homemade biscuits, Spaghetti and Trader Joe's "meatballs" or TVP, lasagna, Thai pad see ew, pad khi mao(drunkard's noodles), pad prig king, tofu+eggplant with basil sauce, yellow thai curry with tofu or vegan chikn and veggies and jasmine rice, Indian dal with homemade roti or dosai, channa masala, aloo gobi, vegetable or minestrone soup, pizza, STEAMED "PORK" BUNS with potstickers or spring rolls, sweet&sour/orange/lemon chikn, vegan pho or wonton soup

I use these sites to find recipes:
http://www.foodnetwork.com
http://vegweb.com
http://www.recipezaar.com

Answer 8

code words:
Echo Alpha Tengo - India Tengo

Answer 9

pork, beef, lamb, veal, frog, shank, neck, rib, baby back rib, I dont think there are codes. I think if u cant see it, visually and there's no cholesterol or fat content from animal fat, what gives?

Answer 10

HALAL! .. that means like.. indian meat.. :$