Which ingredients in sweets should you avoid?!
Which ingredients in sweets should you avoid?
Answers:
mono&diglicerides, lard, gelatin, glycerin, natural flavors can be iffy
Some of these ingredients, like the mono&di's can be made from animal or vegetable sources. If you email companies, they will give you the proper information on what their foods contain.
Here is a list of "accidentally vegan sweets"
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan/ve...
And if you really wish you could have a donut again
http://veganessentials.com or http://veganstore.com
If you are interested, here is a list of every animal ingredient known to man... though I wouldn't attempt trying to tackle the whole thing this week.
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http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display...
Two ingredients that may or may not be animal derived are glycerides (mono - diglycerides) and Natural Flavors. Mono and Diglycerides are popular in most foods that you buy, and I think that they are actually emulsifiers. They may be plant or animal derived. Here is the definition of Natural Flavors according to Title 21, Section 101, part 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations - "The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional."
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