Is this ok to eat?

Question

I'm a new vegetarian. On a food packet it says "vegetable and/or animal shortenings" is this ok to eat? How do I know if its the "and" or the "or"?

Answer 1

It usually is the "and" as opposed to the "or". Means it was made in a factory that uses animal shortenings, so they are warning you that some of it could have gotten in the product that you are eating.

Answer 2

It's a company that has generic labelling for more than one product. Some products will have vegetable shortenings and some will have animal shortenings. OR it's one product that is made with either vegetable or animal shortenings at different times. When the labelling is that vague, if you are trying to be a true vegetarian, don't buy it. The company doesn't have as high of standards as you do.

Answer 3

No, you cannot eat that and call yourself a vegetarian.

what the supplier is doing is keeping a variety of suppliers to ensure continuence of supply. So in any particular batch they may have veggie, animal or a mix of the shortening.

Answer 4

"And/or" means that they don't know for sure. It means they use both, but not necessarily both at the same time. So this package may have animal shortening, but the next one won't.

Basically it's up to you. Vegetarianism is a choice. The extent to which you take your avoidance of animal products is up to you.

Answer 5

I wouldn't trust it. The manufacturer apparently just uses whichever shortening is cheaper @ the time of each purchase. "mystery ingredients" strike me as kind of scary anyway.
Maybe if enough ppl contact some of these manufacterers, they'd change this practice.

Answer 6

I wouldn't eat it. You will never know if it's vegetable or animal..there is no way to tell.

Answer 7

Rice should not be omitted at room temperature because it does advance micro organism extremely straight away. in case you refrigerate the rice, and you prefer to consume it chilly, its completely high-quality. human beings consume chilly rice salads each and all the time. chilly rice pudding is high-quality. Its in basic terms sitting around at room temperature that's the subject.

Answer 8

if its animal shortening its not okay to eat. That is typically lard, animal fat.

Answer 9

it is up to you what u want to eat. it depends on how strict of a vegetarian you are and want to be. some vegetarians will eat that, and some will eat nothing that comes from an animal.

Answer 10

It's usually both and AND or, so I would stay away from it, mainly because I think animal fat is gross.