what not to eat
Posted by NomtheVeggies on Jul 03, 2010 · Member since Jul 2010 · 9 posts
please forgive me if this has already been discussed. I am new here and there's just so many topics...
I recently became a lacto-ovo-vegetarian, so obvioulsy i know not to eat meat and meat broth. I recently found out that i also need to avoid gelatin and marshmallows. so...can you guys tell me if there are other products that most people have no idea are made with meat?
thanks :)
V8 juice may seem like a healthy animal-free choice but if you look at the bottle, it says something about "natural flavor". From what I've read on VegWeb, that likely means it was made with meat or animal broth to add flavor. This was a total shock for me...and it honestly upset me.
-J
You have to look at pretty much all the labels, because as many of us have discovered, there are often animal bits in weird places. Like chicken in salsa. Beef fat in those prepackaged cupcake things (Hostess something). Beetle (carmine) coloring in Nerds.
i thought being vegetarian (lacto-ovo) just means you don't eat anything with a face but bi products are okay?! or is it that fact that the cow had to die to give you it's broth or to produce gelatin? i dunno i don't get the whole thing :/
i say do whatever you feel comfortable with... don't be so concerned with fitting into a label
i'm not concerned with fitting into a label, i want to know if i'm eating meat without knowing it. to me, if an animal had to die for me to eat it, it had a face.
V8 juice may seem like a healthy animal-free choice but if you look at the bottle, it says something about "natural flavor". From what I've read on VegWeb, that likely means it was made with meat or animal broth to add flavor. This was a total shock for me...and it honestly upset me.
-J
V8???
LAME! Is there substantiation, or is it just a possibility?
V8???
LAME! Is there substantiation, or is it just a possibility?
Yep. It threw me for a loop as well! From a post I read - they disguise the animal products used by labeling the bottle as "natural flavor". Someone here on VegWeb took the steps and wrote a letter to the maker of V8. The company wrote back and admitted that animal product is sometimes used. :/
Well here are some sites that might help you:
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-ingredients.html
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm
Oh yes.. Happy Cow is a good resource. Amy's got great insight. I don't know if you've got an iPhone? I have a couple Veggie/Vegan apps on my iPhone that have been very helpful...even though I hate coming across as a spokesman for those apps. Haha
thank you amy, that's alot of help :)
and no, i don't have an iphone, that would have made things easier. ;)b
i thought being vegetarian (lacto-ovo) just means you don't eat anything with a face but bi products are okay?! or is it that fact that the cow had to die to give you it's broth or to produce gelatin? i dunno i don't get the whole thing :/
i say do whatever you feel comfortable with... don't be so concerned with fitting into a label
most vegetarians i know avoid gelatin, maybe because it's an obvious flesh-based product. but probably not so much about the less conspicuous stuff.
Animal Rennet is commonly found in cheese. It is made from a baby cow's stomach. Apparently there is a vegetable derived version. I think I have seen it used in some Amy's frozen meals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet
I was definitely going to mention rennet. Good call, purpledancer.
be careful of these things on labels, because they are often animal-derived: natural flavor, mono and di-glycerides, cochineal, carmine, tallow, stearic acid (pretty much anything that starts with 'stear'), lanolin.
does lanolin count as non-vegetarian, since it's from wool?
does lanolin count as non-vegetarian, since it's from wool?
if you consider the wool industry, surely it can/should be considered non-veg
Animal Rennet is commonly found in cheese. It is made from a baby cow's stomach. Apparently there is a vegetable derived version. I think I have seen it used in some Amy's frozen meals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet
Yes, purpledancer, there are actually several rennet alternatives that are vegetable based. the only one that comes to mind right now is nettles, and that is because I used to live downstream from a lady who made the most AMAZING cheese from the milk given by her cows. She used to pay my brother and I a wheel of cheese for gathering nettles for her at cheesemaking time! :)
does lanolin count as non-vegetarian, since it's from wool?
if you consider the wool industry, surely it can/should be considered non-veg
yeah, but if you consider the dairy & egg industry, same thing. i guess "vegetarian" as far as a dietary guideline (no flesh) wouldn't preclude wool, but perhaps as an ethical decision. but still, milk & eggs...
I had no idea that cheese was made with cow stomach O:
so i e-mailed sargento and they said that most of their cheese is made with non-animal rennet. but a couple of their cheeses are.
I'll just bring up the point that many vegans (including myself, and many here) can't believe they didn't go vegan sooner, and wish they had.
Just sayin' there's lots of info here, and everywhere, about the health/many other benefits of cutting out that ovo/lacto.
: )
Thanks. :)
does lanolin count as non-vegetarian, since it's from wool?
if you consider the wool industry, surely it can/should be considered non-veg
yeah, but if you consider the dairy & egg industry, same thing. i guess "vegetarian" as far as a dietary guideline (no flesh) wouldn't preclude wool, but perhaps as an ethical decision. but still, milk & eggs...
I was thinking the same thing. They kill dairy cows after they no longer produce milk so technically the cow isn't killed for your dairy but it eventually gets killed....after it's had a tortured life that is.
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