Vegans-eggs?? ( Vegans/Vegetarians please )?

Question

Okay i have another question:)

yesterday I was at the grocery store and found a little vegetarian section. It had soy milk, soy yougurt, vegetarian butter, etc... and ' vegetarian eggs '. They had their own litle package, with that picture of a cow on the front ( just like the company that makes soy yougurt and soy milk ), but i thought that vegans/most vegetarians couldn't eat eggs. Are these esspeccially made for vegetarians/vegans that cannot have regular eggs? Because there was a regular egg section, then this section. Again, it had the same label of the company that made soy milk and soy yougurt.

Do you think vegans could eat these?

Answer 1

Perhaps they were free range eggs?

Or could it be egg replacer/egg substitute?

No, vegans dont eat any eggs, but they can eat egg replacer/substitute, if that is what it was.

Answer 2

Alright, to explain "vegetarian" eggs. That just means that the chickens were fed a vegetarian diet - many egg-laying hens are forced to eat not only f***s of other animals, but flesh and animal byproducts. All in an effort to bulk up their feed with empty calories and to get rid of slaughter byproduct and waste from other areas of the meat industry.

That's not the worst of it - the majority of egg-laying hens are fed roxarsone, a type of organic arsenic that prevents worm infestations (considering how they're on top of one another in these places). Testing on dozens of egg varieties nationwide, ranging from Amish to organic to local grocery eggs, showed that more than half of all eggs have arsenic in them regardless. This arsenic builds up in the human system. But hey, it's saving the egg head honchos money!

You'll notice other eggs say things like cage free or free range. Most eggs (95% for a conservative estimate) are cheap because they come from battery hens. They're kept in disgusting, filthy, tiny cages and shocked and forced to lay eggs. Chickens can't lay more than an egg a day AT BEST. They're oftentimes fed poorly, their bones are pretty much reduced to brittle powder, their feathers are falling off. People were hazard suits to enter the area the hens are in because the air is unbreathable, putrid and disgusting.

Free range or cage free are not a promise or guarantee, but usually the company responsible tries to let their chickens have a break. Sometimes they just have no cage - similiar conditions, beak to rear end in some warehouse by the thousands - but at least there's no cage. There's no defined time for free range - maybe the chicken gets to spend a few minutes outside every day. It could be a lie. Nobody checks on this stuff. Organic labels mean the chickens were fed organic feed, and there are some vague standards about their treatment, but it's still NOT a guarantee in any way.

Those aren't vegan-friendly eggs - no eggs are vegan-friendly. If someone wants to humanely raise their own chickens for egg-laying means, they'd be doing nothing wrong in my opinion - however, they'd still no longer be vegan. By definition, vegans can't have eggs.

Answer 3

How can eggs be vegan? I though the whole purpoose of being a vegan was to give up ALL animal products..........

Answer 4

i don't know for sure but my *guess* would be that the eggs came from a regular farm (not a factory farm) where teh chickens were not fed hormones, antibiotics, and other meat products.  they're more like free-range, organic, vegetarian fed chicken eggs.....

vegetarians do usually eat eggs, while vegans don't... however it can depend on your reasoning... my issue is moreso the process (factory farming and all the nasty stuff involved) so eggs produced like i described above would be ok with me, however, i try to avoid regular eggs.

Answer 5

No, eggs are not vegan no matter what.  There is only one place that eggs come from.  If it's in a shell, it's from an animal.

"Vegetarian" eggs probably mean eggs from vegetarian-fed hens.

Answer 6

No, those eggs definitely aren't vegan. They still come from chickens. It just means that the chickens were fed a vegetarian diet (not animal by-products).

One way you can tell is by looking at the cholesterol content. Cholesterol is only found in meat, eggs, and dairy so if something contains cholesterol it's not vegan.

There is a vegan product called EnerG Egg Replacer. It's a powder that comes in a box... you can use it to replace eggs in baked goods (like cookies). Tofu scramble is a great vegan replacement for scrambled eggs. Hope this helps!

Answer 7

I assume the brand you saw was Stonyfield farms, which is an organic company that also makes soy products (such as yogurt). In the case of the eggs that you saw, they were organic eggs, meaning the chickens who laid them were raised on an organic diet and have not been injected with hormones. But to answer your question; no, since they are still eggs, a vegan would not eat them.

Answer 8

It all depends on whether or not it contains animal products.  Read the ingredient label.

Answer 9

This was just asked yesterday.  Maybe the are being placed in supermarkets. Hmmm.  Look at the ingredients.  If it looks like a standard egg in a shell that needs to be cracked it is not vegan.  Doesn't matter what the chickens were fed.

I've heard of a company making fake vegan fried eggs.  It was impossible to find any information on the web so I don't think it is true.

Answer 10

Vegans don't eat eggs.  Vegetarians may or may not choose to eat them or not.  Vegetarian eggs are from chicken fed a vegetarian diet.

Answer 11

Sounds scary and totally unnatural to me.  I am not sure how you can have the same effect of eggs (for baking ect) without using animal protein in some way, and it sounds very difficult to engineer.  here is what I found, but I dont think it should be called an egg unless it is an egg.

"Eggs can be replaced in frying, egg salad, and baking. Mashed tofu combined with a little turmeric or with a mix (e.g. Tofu Helper or Fantastic Foods brands) is a nice alternative to scrambled eggs. Tasty tofu mixes are also available for easy eggless "egg" salad. Eggs can be replaced in baking too. For each egg, substitute a heaping teaspoon of soy flour and a tablespoon of water, or slightly less than a 1/4 cup of applesauce or mashed banana. Prepackaged substitutes for eggs in baking are also available (e.g. EnerG Egg Replacer or Orgran No Egg).

Answer 12

Vegetarians do eat eggs.   Vegans don't.

"Vegetarian eggs" just means eggs from chickens that were fed vegetarian food rather than meat.