Serious question that may sound silly.?

Question

Do vegans/veggies drink soda?

Answer 1

It's not a silly question at all and it comes up so much here that I've written a 'standard' answer about the topic of soda.
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I'm not even sure they're vegetarian in many cases! If they list sugar as an ingredient you'd need to be concerned with bone char being used to filter the sugar.

Fruit flavored ones may contain unlisted glycerin as part of the flavoring per FDA regulations.

Cola's are allowed to have (among other things) musk oil, civet oil, pepsin and other animal based enzymes and/or flavorings as part of legally unlisted natural flavorings per FDA regulations. Be warned that those same rules legally allow makers to 'lie' about the "trade secret" ingredients!

What you have to ask the manufacturer is "Does your product contain any animal ingredients, or any ingredients processed with animal products, or any ingredients that originally derived from an animal source and/or are any products originally from an animal source used in the manufacture of your product?".

I've NEVER had a major soda producer give a straight yes/no answer to that question! This is the question you ask ANY food producing company if you want an answer will hold up in court. The last soda company that gave me a straight answer of no to that question was the original producer of "Ginseng Rush" back in the '70s.

IMHO soda can't be trusted! If you'd like a shock try asking that question to juice companies. Many juices are processed using animal based enzymes (sorry to ruin your day).
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Answer 2

If I drink soda it tends to be supermarket own-brands (which are very good, don't mock them), and they have Suitable for Vegetarians on them so I hope they are. Otherwise someone is going to be in a lot of trouble!

I once bought some prawn flavoured noodles from Safeway which were labelled as Suitable for Vegetarians but when I read the ingredients it listed prawn powder. I called them and asked how they can say it's vegetarian if it contains prawn and the reply I got was that they said it was vegetarian so that people could decide for themselves if they wanted to eat it. I still don't understand that, but a vegetarian doesn't eat prawns.

Answer 3

There is usually no animal products in soda, so there is no reason why vegans wouldn't drink it. That being said, vegan tend to be, as a group, more health conscious and more apt to consume things that are natural/organic. Most sodas do not fit into these categories.

Answer 4

I'm sure some do...
Personally, I don't. I have adopted a vegetarian lifestyle and to me, that includes eliminating all foods that are harmful to my health. Soda is one of those foods.

Answer 5

Yes but after reading comments maybe I'll stop. (Soda isn't that good for u anyway)

Answer 6

I don't, but some do... I can't stand it anymore. don't get me wrong... I haven't had the regular stuff in years, but now I can't even drink the diet.. it tastes foul.
But there isn't anything in my veggie book of rules that tells me I can't have it if I want it... I just don't want it.

Answer 7

vegans don't drink soda.

Answer 8

no i don't, and i'm vegetarian.
soda's not good for you, and it doesn't even taste good.
i prefer water, tea, lemonade & coffee.

however,
since soda is almost always vegetarian, some vegetarians will drink it.

Answer 9

I try not to...only cause I don't like soda that much.

Answer 10

Yes, provided that the soda doesn't contain any slaughter by-products (for example, sometimes red food colorings are derived from Carmine, aka cochnieal extract or carminic acid, which comes from beetles) or, in the case of vegans, dairy or eggs (I'm thinking of a cream-based sodas).

FYI, here's a list of slaughter by-products to look out for on food labels.

Gelatin
* frosted mini wheats
* starburst
*skittles
*planters dry roasted peanuts
*lucky charms

Lard
* pillsbury pie crusts
* ortega refried beans
*bush's BBQ baked beans

Carmine (cochnieal extract or carminic acid - beetles)
* dole's peaches in strawberry all natural fruit gel
*yoplait thick and creamy lowfat strawberry yogurt
*tropicana orange strawberry banana juice
*wegman's fruit cocktail
*kikkoman sweet & sour sauce
*some applesauce, fruit drinks, puddings

Isinglass (protein from fish air bladders)
*guinness stout
*bass ale
*foster's lager
*boddingtons ale
*some sam adams

Vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol (additive made from fish oils or oil from sheep wool)
*some milk and margarine
*florida naturals fortified orange juice
*america's choice milk
*horizon organic milk
*promise light margarine

Rennet
*denmark's finest dill havarti
*tine jarlsberg semi-soft part-skim cheese
*president fresh goat cheese
*francesco rinaldi's tomato, garlic and onion pasta sauce
*classico four cheese pizza sauce
*these are ok: horizon organic cheddar, boar's head colby, land o'lakes mozzarella, organic valley monterey jack and check out cheese.joyousliving.com/Default.aspx

Pepsin (a clotting agent from pigs' stomachs)
*used in some cheeses and vitamins

Stearic Acid (a fatty substance from pigs' stomachs, or from cows, sheep, or dogs and cats euthenized in animal shelters)
*used in some chocolate and vitamins

Cetyl Palmitate (waxy oil derived from sperm whales' heads or from dolphins)
* used in some margarines

Urea (comes from urine and other "bodily fluids")
*used for "browning" some baked goods, such as pretzels