Non-Vegan Products (that you’d not suspect)…

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The number of products that use animal products one way or another, makes me realise how factory farms have become such a norm!

Here’s a list of products that you might be surprised to find use animal products:

1. E471

This is an emulsifier made generally from hard fat, such as pork lard or beef dripping.

It’s used in soooo many food products, very often in chips, such as those beloved Pringles, and ice creams.

It can also be made from palmnuts, but is generally made from animals.

It’s best to avoid it or check with manufacturers.

Check the ingredients on products before you buy it and consume it.

2. Pasta

Many pasta’s are made with eggs. But you can get an egg-free variety.

Including Chinese noodles. Try to use rice noodles instead, although I find them harder to cook. Has anyone got a good rice noodle recipe with cooking instructions?

3. Wine and Beer

So sad!

Wine and Beer are often clarified after fermentation using these animal products:

– edible gelatins (made from bones)
- isinglass (made from the swim bladders of fish)
- casein and potassium caseinate (milk proteins)
- animal albumin (egg albumin and dried blood powder)

BUT, thank goodness, there are vegan alternatives on the market. (Have a look at my Vegan Resources list on the right for some other offerings.)

4. Veggie Sausages

They can contain milk protein and eggs. I never really liked them anyway.

5. Crisps

These often include milk protein and whey powder (whey is a by-product of cheese making).

6. Naan Bread

It contains milk protein and yoghurt.

7. Pasties and Biscuits

More often than not, these are made with animal products such as eggs and milk.

I suppose this means I can tighten my belt a notch or two, on the plus side!

8. Sugar

This often uses bone charcoal as a decoularant. (Same as above, this is not a real loss!)

9. Kellogg’s Cereals

All Kellogg’s cereals and many others use vitamen D3, which is of animal, apart from Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain cereal.

10. Chewing Gum

In addition to petroleum and latex, many chewing gums contain glycerin and glycerol – little pigies feets make these products. So chewing on the gum is like chewing of a pigs foot with a dash of petrol. Yum…?

That’s it for now, but I will probably be adding to this list over time.

Your best bet is to always check the ingredients on products. There’s something so satisfying in not being ignorant, and knowing what your putting in your mouth.

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