What are foods with gelatin in them?!
What are foods with gelatin in them?
I am always looking for foods that contain to gelatin at the store to make sure I don't eat it...but when I look at something, EX: Margarine, at the store it doesn't say it as an ingredient, but on websites it says margarine does have it. If you know a list of foods with no gelatin, and foods with gelatin, please let me know! Anything will help! I know yogurt, skittles, and starburst have gelatin, what else? Does all margarine? HELP!
Answers:
Not all margarine has gelatin, but some does. If it's not on the label, you should be okay . Smart Balance Light is one a lot of vegetarians use. It's available pretty much anywhere and is gelatin free.
Other stuff to watch... frosted cereals often use gelatin (frosted mini wheats for example, but I think the organic ones don't... at least Kelloggs organic). MANY yogurts use it also. Gummy candies usually contain it (Jelly Belly's are okay though) as do marshmallows (but not marshmallow creme). Even some chocolate candies have it... like Jr. Mints... boy was I bummed when I saw that! If a product has gelatin, it should say so on the label (at least in the US, not sure elsewhere).
Other things to watch out for is rennet or enzymes in cheese (unless it says vegetable rennet, or "no animal rennet" as Tillamook does) which is from calves' intestines. And the red coloring "Carmine" or "Red 40 Lake" which is ground up beetle wings. NUMMY! UGH... HOW do they get away with putting this crap in our FOOD?
Earth Balance is a vegan alternative to butter.
If i where you I would buy only the foods that have vegan on the label, if your town has a Whole foods I would shop there, they cater to your needs and are always helpful, most often there will be a meat free and or vegan section
and not all yogurt has gelatin in it.
Gelatin is in:
Jell-o
Skittles
Many candy products really
Pudding
Lots of products that I can't think of right now. But always read the ingredient label. Also, I buy Earth Balance soy butter.
I know peta has some good links for finding vegetarian foods. They also list foods with animal ingredients in them.
Wow, I remember when I first became vegetarian (vegan now) how frustrating this was! It just goes to show how much our society depends on animals, for so many things. It also made me realise that you really can't trust food labels, they are so sly!
I am assuming you are in the States, correct me if I'm wrong. If this is so, you have a good butter/margarine substitute in a product called Earth Balance, which I'm sure you can get at your average supermarket.
Earth Balance: http://www.earthbalance.net/product.html...
If you're in Australia like me, Nutellex brand is fully vegan and labelled so underneath. It is also widely available.
I'm trying to eat wholefoods as much as pos right now, so I'm sorry I can't pull lots of names out off the top of my head. However, here is a link to PeTA's "Accidentally Vegan" Shoppling List, which has a huge list of foods that have no animal ingredients to be found at your local supermarkets. It's by default in the most case, so you can find most anywhere - sure must make mainstream store shopping alot easier for some people!
Here it is: http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan/...
Good luck!
P.S. www.veganessentials.com has a good selection of vegan food if you don't mind ordering in!