What is the Difference Between Vegetarian and Vegan?

Question

Hi this is something I have been a little curious about. I work in a residential dining hall at a university and I have line responsibilities. Every night when I read the menu they always have a symbol that points out what dishes are vegetarian and which are vegan. Vegetarian are things like boca burgers, and vegan items are things like steamed rice. I can easily distinguish between the differences of the foods but what are the differences in these subgroups?

Answer 1

The varieties of Vegetarianism range from those who eat fish and poultry to those who are lacto-vegetarians or lacto-ovo vegetarians.

Vegetarians who will eat all foods except red meat are the most popular type. Lacto means uses milk, ovo means uses eggs, and Vegan means nothing but grains, fruit, vegetables, and nuts.  

Answer 2

vegetarians are straight up NO MEAT. Vegans are people that don't eat anything that has a face. Like no eggs,cause chickens have a face,no dairy cause cows have a face, get it?

Answer 3

Donald Watson was a vegetarian, who coined the word Vegan and founded the Vegan Society in 1944, called a vegetarian a step between meat eater and a vegan.

Up to the formation of Vegan society, it was the religion that guided the vegetarians, specially the Hindus Jain, and Buddhists.

Donald Watson added the prevention of cruelty and compassion towards animals extending the life styles.

Vegans are strict vegetarians. Vegetarians do NOT eats meats, but may eat dairy products, and even eggs.

Vegans do not eat dairy products or eggs. Mr Watson was not happy the way the animals were kept for milking. So all the dairy products including butter yogurt and cheese were shunned. The hen and roosters were killed after they were no longer needed for getting eggs, So the eggs were shunned. They do not consume Honey because of cruelty to bees. They do not wear leather or fur to prevent butchering the animals.

The only thing Vegans are allowed to eat in the living world is fungus, this enables them to eat yeast.

Answer 4

Vegetarians don't eat meat, but will eat foods like eggs, milk and cheeses. Vegans don't eat meat or any food that is produced by a living being.  

Answer 5

Vegans can't consume leather, meat, fish, eggs, dairy, silk, honey, and any other animal products.  Even glycerin, made from animal bones (in candy and jello) can't be consumed.  Vegetarians do not eat meat and fish.

Answer 6

Vegan is a diet and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose.Vegetarians do not eat or consume animals

Answer 7

Vegetarian is when person eats eggs, or dairy products.

but vegan cannot eat those.

some religions like in Jainism ppl are vegans. they don't even eat anything groen underground.

so i hope this helps

Answer 8

Vegetatian's and vegans both don't eat mean, However vegans dont eat dairy products or eggs, Anything involving an animal...Even with clothes sometimes.

Vefetartians still eat eggs though

Vegans are just more hardcore

Answer 9

Vegans won't eat anything from an animal, be it chicken, milk, eggs, honey or gelatin.

Vegetarians vary.  Some will eat eggs, some will eat cheese, it depends.

Answer 10

Vegetarian avoid meat products such as chicken, pork, lamb, beef some eat fish though, it depends on the person.  Vegetarian eat bi-products from the previous food groups, such as milk, eggs, cheese, butter, margarine, yogurt.  

Vegan avoid the bi-products also this is for different reasons. Some are religion, health issues (such as lactose problems etc), other get sick eating them. Others just think it is healthier. You can get dairy free products in the supermarket these days if you look for them.  As more people have lactose problems today and other medical conditions, there are more varieties available.

Both eat fruit and vegetables.  Steamed, boilded, fried, grilled, baked.  Hope this clears things for you.  

Answer 11

Vegitarians are people who can eat things from animals, but not meat, like cheese, milk, eggs(most people) or butter.

Vegans are people who don't eat anything that comes from the animal.

Answer 12

Tons of people have asked this before

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...

Lacto-ovo vegetarian: No meat, does eat eggs+dairy

Lacto vegetarian: No meat or eggs, does eat dairy

Ovo vegetarian: No meat or dairy, does eat eggs

Vegan: No meat, eggs or dairy

Answer 13

vegans eat only vegetables ... vegetarians eat dairy and stuff like that too

Answer 14

Vegetarians don't eat animal flesh. Some of them (lacto-) eat dairy products, (ovo-) eggs or both (lacto-ovo). A subgroup of vegetarians are pescatarians and they include seafood into their vegetarian diet. Vegans don't eat anything that have any animal products in it or that came from animals. This includes dairy products, honey and jello. Some vegans dont even wear clothes that come from animals.

Answer 15

Vegetarians avoid meat and fish, but they still drink milk and eat milk products like cheese, butter and also eggs. Vegans avoid every food that comes from an animal (or fish).

Answer 16

Lacto-ovo-vegetarians: do not eat meat, poultry, fish..; eat eggs & dairy

lacto-vegeteraians: do not eat meat, poultry, fish, or egg products; eat dairy

ovo-vegetarians: do not eat meat, poultry, fish, or dairy; eats egg products

Vegans - do not eat meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs, or ingrediants derived from animal products, use leather, or things tested on animals.