VEGAN diet help?

Question

I have recently progressed from a vegitarian diet to a vegan diet. I have been a vegitarian for nearly three years and found it time to become a vegan now.

Is regular white and wheat bread allowd and what about peanutbutter? because i really like peanutbutter sandwiches?

anything else i should avoid that i would normally not realise come from animals? Like red die #40 and E140 because they come from beatle juices. stuff like that...

THANK YOU so much

Answer 1

you can have white bread, wheat bread, and peanut butter. Just check the ingredients for any animal products (meat, dairy, eggs, etc.)

Answer 2

There are a couple of good websites out there that can help you - go to www.VeganFoodPyramid.com.  

Also, www.VeganStore.com helps you buy foods online.  

Best of luck to you!!

Answer 3

For bread, check the ingredients.

Some may contain milk ingredients/egg and honey is pretty common in wheat breads. A lot of breads are vegan, however; so just check the label. Peanut butter just contains peanuts; and sometimes salt and oil so it is vegan.

I love peanut butter sandwiches too!

Answer 4

Red dye #40 is not sourced from beetles, it comes from coal tar.

The cheapo white bread at the supermarket is not vegan.

Most artisan breads from independent bakeries are vegan and some of the chain supermarkets have vegan artisan breads as well.

Common ingredients to look out for are L-cysteine(from hair, often from Chinese barber shops) sodium stearoyl lactylate, milk/whey/buttermilk, mono and diglycerides and DATEM to name a few.

Bread rarely has eggs in it unless it is challah or naan.

Peanut butter is usually fine if it does not contain honey.

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Wow! The trolls around here have really gone downhill. All they do is call people g*y. They are most likely projecting.

Answer 5

You just need to read ingredient labels.  Whole wheat bread frequently contains honey, which isn't vegan.  Other culprits in bread are whey, milk, butter, buttermilk, occasionally eggs, and mono- or diglycerides.  The latter are dough conditioners that may come from plant or animal sources.  The only way to know for sure would be to contact the manufacturer.  There are vegan breads available, though, if you read enough labels.  Ezekiel sprouted breads are often a good option.  Peanut butter should be just peanuts and maybe salt; some have added oils and sugar.  Again, read your labels, but I haven't run across any non-vegan peanut butters.

You can actually get a book called Animal Ingredients A-Z (google it) for a comprehensive list.  And somewhere online is a list that can be downloaded to the notes section of an iPod, so that you have it handy when you shop.  As a vegetarian, you were likely already looking for many of the major culprits: gelatin, lard, beef fat or tallow, meat broths, and other slaughter by-products.  Now you'll want to look for whey, casein, lecithin (unless it's specified as soy,) and albumin as well.  The hardest part is that there are many ingredients that could come from plant or animal sources and there aren't any labeling requirements to say which.

Answer 6

If you don't want to read every label on your bread I would just make my own.

http://www.recipezaar.com/303586

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?ca...

I reccomend getting a bread machine. I make about a loaf per week and it tastes so much better than store bread!

Peanut butter is generally vegan but I choose skippy natural. It is yummy and you don't need to stir!

Answer 7

Hey.

Its great to hear your vegan.

Most white bread is vegan, alot of brands state their bread is vegan on the pack so you can be assured and many supermarkets do this to.

Nearly all peanut butters ive come accross are vegan freindly, there are many vegan brands of peanut butter, and most state it on the jar, you can find alot in health stores, and supermarkets, or maybe even make your own.

Theres a lot of things to avoid as a vegan here are some:

Additives: Animal-Derived

E120 - cochineal

E542 - edible bone phosphate

E631 - sodium 5'-inosinate

E901 - beeswax

E904 - shellac

Additives: Possibly Animal-Derived

E101 - riboflavin, lactoflavin, vitamin B2

E101(a) - riboflavin 5'-phosphate

E153 (believed animal-free version only may be used in food) - carbon black, vegetable carbon

E161(b) - lutein

E161(g) - canthaxanthin

E236 - formic acid

E237 - sodium formate

E238 - calcium formate

E270 - lactic acid

E322 - lecithin

E325 - sodium lactate

E326 - potassium lactate

E327 - calcium lactate

E422 - glycerol (glycerine)

More info? Click here - http://www.vegansociety.com/food/criteri...

Some of my favorite vegan foods and drinks to eat are:

http://www.plamilfoods.co.uk/chocolate.h... - Delicious vegan chocolate, comes in many different flavours such as dark, white, carob, mint, nuts etc.

http://www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk/PRO... - Tasty health bars and raisns, comes in different flavours, and even a healthy cocoa brownie.

http://www.fayrefield.com/gallerySwedish... - Vegan ice cream, comes in loads of different tasty flavours.

http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/ - Tasty innocent smoothies made from 100% pure fruit and nothing else, they taste really good and do you good to.

http://www.alprosoya.co.uk/alpro/UK_en/i... - Vegan chocolate milk, vegan custard, vegan yogurts, vegan cream, vegan creamy desserts and lots more.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

Answer 8

check all the labels of EVERYTHING!!!!!!!

youd be suprised at what has animal ingredients in it, heres a LONG list of ingredients that could be derived from animals