Tricky ingredients for vegans to watch out for?

Question

i've been a vegan for 3 months now, but sometimes when i'm reading labels i see crazy ingredients that i've never heard of, and i don't always know if they're vegan or not. What are some common disguised ingredients that i should particularly watch out for? it'd be cool if you could also give me some pointers on some vegan foods that you wouldn't typically assume to have animal product in.

Answer 1

whey, which is a milk product

If you like choclate, ur eating milk

Meat is delicious

Answer 2

Gelatin, casein, rennet (unless it says non-animal rennet). Those are the only ones that come to mind, but I'll let you know if I think of anymore ;)

Answer 3

f you go out to eat at a restaurant.. and have veggie soup ask the server if they used a meat stock or a veggie one...

Answer 4

You'd have to be very careful eating most vegtables as they are fertilized with BLOOD and BONE!

I suggest you STOP eating immediately ......just to be on the safe side!

Answer 5

Here are sites that list animal products:

http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in...

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15403....

http://www.vnv.org.au/site/index.php?opt...

http://www.veganconnection.com/notvegan....

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredien...

http://www.food-info.net/uk/qa/qa-fi45.h...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_prod...

http://www.veganwolf.com/animal_ingredie...

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/cr...

http://thirty5.org/ipod/

Some common disguises are gelatin, casein/sodium caseinate, natural flavors, honey, shellac, lactose, whey, rennet, vitamin d3.

And soy does not automatically = vegan, there a lot of soy products out there that contain animal products. Some breads, canned beans, and BBQ sauce may also contain animal products.