Do lacto ovo vegetarians eat jello?

Question

i am lacto ovo but i find that i can't eat even horse hooves. am i contradicting if i drink milk and eat eggs?

i don't really eat jello...it's just something i argued with someone about. also i would like to note for the smart allack that said "Not as easy as you thought it would be", i never said that my turning vegetarian was going to be easy, but i would rather put more thought into what i put into my body then to just fill it with dead animals!

Answer 1

That's really up to you whether you eat gelatin. Just like your choice to eat eggs, although many vegetarians do not-it was a choice that you made. It depends on how strict you want your vegetarian diet to be and what you believe. If it is for health resons, a little gelatin won't hurt you. If it is to protect animals, gelatin definitely counts as an animal by product. You are not really contradicting by eating milk and eggs because those are animal products, and they are produced by animals. Gelatin is actually made with parts of the animal itself. If you cut out the milk and eggs, you would be closer to vegan than vegetarian, and that is a big step. It is really all up to you-many lacto ovos dont eat jello, but many do.

Answer 2

Hey, I'm lacto-ovo. This is what I DON'T eat: Any meat (including fish and poultry), rennet (in a lot of cheeses), gelatine or things like animal fat. Anything that includes animal products I don't eat. Sometimes I substitute normal milk for soy, but that's just preference. Oreos don't have any animal products in them as far as I can see. Also, you can go to some Indian grocers, and they usually have really good foods-like jelly without gelatine and that sort of thing. Protein isn't a big concern-If you choose to eat foods that mock meat like mock chicken nuggets or meatballs, they have vegetable protein in them. Eggs, grains, nuts and seeds, nori seaweed (on sushi), potatoes, green, leafy vegetables and soybeans are all rich in protein, and it's not difficult to make them part of your staple diet. Loss of weight is a common misconception, unless you're not eating properly. You should be more concerned about Iron and vitamin B12 intake. You can take supplements if you wish or include lots of foods rich in these like cheese (Swiss, especially) and eggs. Hope this helps and good luck! :D If you have any trouble, the Internet has lots of websites about vegetarianism and what you should do, so just do a bit of research.

Answer 3

No. The difference between milk/eggs and gelatin is that gelatin is a slaughter product. The animal has to die for gelatin, meaning it's not vegetarian. Lacto-ovo-vegetarians retain dairy and eggs in their diets because they come from living animals. No contradiction (I'll spare you the gory details of how dairy and eggs are just as cruel as meat and how consuming dairy directly supports the veal industry...)

Answer 4

I'm lacto vegetarian and I don't eat gelatin.

It doesn't make any difference to me if the animal was killed for the purpose of making gelatin or not; the animal was killed and I don't eat bodies of dead animals.

If you want to draw the line at dairy products that's really up to you.

Answer 5

There are many forms of vegetarianism. Strictly speaking, a "vegetarian" is someone who doesn't eat meat. If you don't, you can call yourself a vegetarian.

It is vegans that don't partake in eating any products that contain even a small part of an animal. No eggs, milk, honey, gelatin, anything.

Answer 6

No, not really, but consuming dairy or eggs is no better than eating slaughter by-products. Suffering is still the main ingredient in their production.

If there is any gelatin sourced from horses, it is a very insignificant amount. The majority is derived from boiling bones, ligaments and tendons that are taken from slaughtered cattle and pigs. It can also be solely from fish.

Answer 7

Let's just put this out there. The horse was 99.9999999999999% NOT likely killed to make jello from it's hooves. So why would it bother anyone to eat the jello?

"If it is to protect animals, gelatin definitely counts as an animal by product"----this is erroneous thinking. You can NOT protect a dead animal. The animal was killed whether they were making gelatin from it's leftover parts or not.

Answer 8

Jello is made of the nasty bits left on the floor after butchering an animal. Really.

Answer 9

Lactoovovegetarians

Answer 10

ughh.not as easy as u thought it might have been huh?