Is regular pasta i buy at the grocery store vegan?

Question

i'm trying to transition myself to veganism (no i'm not doing it over night) and i want to know what i'm eating that has animal products. i heard someone say that some pastas do and some don't (have animal products).

so regular pasta that i would walk in shoprite and buy in the pasta aisle... vegan or not?

also i know about rennet, what are some other words to look out for that really mean "part of an animal" basically...

thanks!

Answer 1

it depends some will some won't, generally the cheaper brands don't in my opinion.

Answer 2

Read the ingredients. If they say milk, honey, gelatin, eggs, butter, etc...it's not vegan. There shouldn't be many ingredients in pasta, so I'm sure you can spot it pretty quickly. My guess is yes, it's vegan though.

**edit, I just checked all 3 variations of spaghetti-style noodles in my cabinet. Whole wheat, traditional style, and Ezekiel 4:9...all are vegan. Although, the traditional noodles have some unhealthy sounding preservatives or something in them.

Answer 3

Almost all dry pasta is vegan unless it says on the front "egg noodles".  

Fresh pasta almost always contains eggs so stick with the regular dry pasta.

Of course, check the ingredients as well.

Edit** Yes, the boxed pasta is what I mean by dry.  Fresh pasta (which can be found in the refrigerated section) is considered different than dry pasta.  I'm not sure why.  Anyway, just stay away from the refrigerated stuff.

Answer 4

You need to constantly read the ingredients.

Common pasta is flour water and egg so be warned

Answer 5

No it is made with eggs, you need to try a health food store. Maybe whole foods has vegan pasta.

Answer 6

I was surprised to find that most of it is. Especially whole grain pasta. Of course you still need to read the ingredients, but a lot of whole grain pasta only has one ingredient- whole grain! Especially if it's organic.

Answer 7

first if you want to be a TRUE vegan you'll have to stop using "Fossil Fuels" once animals.  so to answer your question - no cuz anything TRUCKED has used fossil fuel.

tallow - is a word to watch for - it comes from rendered beef bones

Answer 8

The final product is vegan if the ingredients are vegan.  If you mean to do this, you're going to have to learn what ingredients to look out for.  There are lists all over the internet for that and there is a book called Animal Ingredients A-Z that you can pick up (Skinny B***h also have a long list.)

Most dry pasta is vegan, but you need to read the label before you buy it because some have eggs.  Besides eggs, all you should see is durum wheat flour and some vitamins/minerals.  There just shouldn't be anything else in pasta besides enriched flour and water.  If you're finding pastas with long, complicated ingredient lists that are hard to decipher, don't buy those.

Answer 9

Most Italian pasta is vegan.  Go for the whole wheat kind.  It's made of whole wheat flour and water..that's it.