Vegans, am i going overboard?

Question

I was wondering when to call companies and when to not. If the food is labeled vegan, I call the company to see if it was manufactured on equipment that had animal products and other questions. Or if I read a label and see that the ingredients are vegan, I have to call the company and ask the same questions. Am I being to untrusting? Or should I call?

Answer 1

unless you're buying food by a company that makes only vegan foods exclusively, then chances are they have gone down the same conveyor belt or machinery that non-vegan items have gone through. unless you have a WIDE variety of these foods at your disposal, then you will have to ease up a bit.

for ex., i buy this sesame food bar that says it's vegan and has been approved vegan by some third-party vegan company. but it does say that it was made on equipment shared with milk. i still purchase it because the food itself is vegan, and i'm sure the factory has cleaning procedures performed in between the different foods.

i've never actually had to call since i usually just look up the specific ingredient on the net. i know to stay away from gelatin, mono- and diglycerides, whey, casein, etc. just be aware of ingredients and shopping should be easier for you.

best wishes :)

Answer 2

I almost never call a company unless the package is actually confusing (true example: a bag of parathas that said they were vegan, but also had "butter" listed in the ingredients.) If the ingredients look vegan, I assume it is, and I also don't bother about the allergy warnings ("May contain trace amounts of: Milk"), because the *possible* "trace" amounts, if they even did accidentally get in the product, are infinitesimal (which is important for someone with an extreme milk allergy to know, but not for me). You would get more trace amounts of animal products in your system just walking by a McDonald's and breathing in, and I feel life is too short to become obsessive over such tiny things. Our food getting "contaminated" by being on the same (thoroughly washed) equipment as non-vegan food has *zero* effect on our health, the taste, animal rights or welfare, etc., so anything that trivial, I wouldn't bother. If it makes you feel better to call about such things, that's your prerogative, but don't think you have to go that far to be vegan, because it's ultimately unnecessary.

Answer 3

You can't expect them to tell you the truth over the phone. You have to visit and see for yourself. Don't let them know you are coming or they will clean up their act just for you.

They can lie on labels and do. Most of the vegan food is the same crap they offer to the general public only have a vegan label on it and so they can charge you through the nose to buy it. Why? Because vegans will pay for it.

You are not being untrusting. You are being alert but cannot escape the deception of the processor.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The product usually it will say right on the label if it was manufactured on in a non-vegan environment if it doesn't say I wouldn't expect that it is vegan no matter what someone on the phone tells you.

Answer 6

That's going a little overboard. It's also quite pointless. If they are selling the product as a vegan product, they're not going to say any different over the phone.

Answer 7

That's going overboard. You can never be 100% vegan unless you to go to a raw vegan diet, or grow everything and cook it yourself 100% of the time.

Answer 8

If you are a very strict vegan and thats what you feel really comfortable with then I say that you should call the companies. Do what you think is right.

Answer 9

if you really want to be a vegan, then go ahead and call, then make a list of which companies use seperate equipment so you only have to call each company once

Answer 10

I email companies all the time about their products. I do not think its overboard, but you do need to remember that this can become a bit obsessive or excessive. Once you find something that's truly healthy and vegetarian then stick with it.