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Beans - I have discovered that people don't realize that Beans have meat in them

unless they are Vegeterian Beans.

Chicken and Beef Broth are commonly used to cook vegetables and rice. People

just forget that the broth is not vegeterian.

 

 

wrote:

> Hi there. As per my agreement with my daycare provider, I'm trying

to provide a list of what my daughter doesn't eat. This _seems_ like a

no-brainer... she doesn't eat meat (and we're working on other animal

products, but are not quite there yet.) However, in the spirit of

cooperation, I'm trying to come up with a list of things that might

contain meat that people may not think about.. Can anyone think of

some common ones that I'm missing? Here's my list so far:

soup with chicken or beef base;

gravy with meat drippings or meat flavoring;

casseroles with meat;

spaghetti sauce flavored with meat;

rice cooked in meat stock;

gelatin;

foods cooked in lard or animal fat;

 

I can't even think of anything else people could mistake for

" vegetarian " that actually isn't. Can you?? I know this seems like a

" duh " question, but if these folks are willing to learn, I'm willing

to teach them.

 

Thanks,

Carol (mom to Lucia, one month shy of the terrible twos -- yikes!)

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at

http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

http://www.vrg.org/family.

 

 

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In a message dated 09/13/2001 2:21:32 AM Central Daylight Time,

writes:

 

 

<<I can't even think of anything else people could mistake for

" vegetarian " that actually isn't. Can you?? I know this seems like a

" duh " question, but if these folks are willing to learn, I'm willing

to teach them. >>

 

 

Things with marshmallows in them!

 

 

Brad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There are many varieties of vegetarian refried beans out there - just read

the label.

vshaw1118 [vshaw1118]

Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:42 PM

Re: Stuff masquerading as vegetarian food

 

 

Don't forget refried beans! They seem innocent, but they're usually

not!!!

Good luck!

 

 

For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at

http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

http://www.vrg.org/family.

 

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Dried soups, single serving dried noodles, and dried beans and rice mixes

all can contain chicken or beef fat. Look for the International Vegetarian

symbol on the box to easily identify dried food that is suitable for

vegetarians.

 

If more people would like to add to this list of items, I'm collecting all

your suggestions and would be pleased to forward the completed list of items

to everyone.

 

 

 

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My mistake, I shouldn't have said 'international', although I believe these

products are sold in the US as well. The vegetarian symbol is on food

products sold under the 'President's Choice' label. It is a green mature

tree surrounded by a purple banner that reads " Suitable for vegetarians " .

 

 

 

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.... but be careful not to generalize by using the word " all. " I just

recently found a variety of Rice-a-Roni that's vegan! (can you

imagine??!)

 

Emily

 

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" Wendy Vineyard " <wvineyard

 

Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:23 AM

RE: Stuff masquerading as vegetarian food

 

 

| Dried soups, single serving dried noodles, and dried beans and rice

mixes

| all can contain chicken or beef fat. Look for the International

Vegetarian

| symbol on the box to easily identify dried food that is suitable for

| vegetarians.

|

| If more people would like to add to this list of items, I'm

collecting all

| your suggestions and would be pleased to forward the completed list

of items

| to everyone.

|

|

|

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Non vegetarian foods:

red fruit juices, drinks and punch with cochineal or carmine [insects]

most yogurt and cheap sour cream or other dairy foods have gelatin

most prepared dip has gelatin

low fat or no fat margarine very often has gelatin

many snacks like Dolly Madison [Little Debbie is Adventist vegetarian,

but not very healthy]

Pillsbury canned dough products used to have beef fat, now not all do

30 years ago all cookies and snacks had lard except Sunshine and Little

Debbie, now most don't

most canned soup has chicken or beef fat or broth, few exceptions

many canned beans have lard or bacon, unless they say vegetarian or fat

free

sometimes frozen french fries have animal fat, including McDonald's

marshmallows, moon pies, rocky road ice cream

marshmallow creme has egg, but not gelatin, usually

many casserole dishes, like frozen veggie lasagne have gelatin or animal

fat

wostershire sauce almost always has anchovies, and many ingredient lists

say wostershire sauce without saying anchovies

Chex snacks with pretzels and nuts usually have wostershire with

anchovies

ceasar salad dressing has anchovies

many salad dressings have gelatin, anchovies

prepared guacamole often has gelatin

pizza or bacon flavored crackers, pototo chips, pringles often have

pepperoni or fat

ramen noodles usually have animal fats and flavorings in the powder mix

--

Be kind. Be of good cheer.

 

Dick Ford

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A little shocking update.

 

Twinkies are no longer made with beef fat, haven't been for about a year now.

 

They still will never qualify as health food, I'm not sure the even really

qualify as food, but there's no beef fat in them anymore.

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I guess the rule of the day is READ THE LABELS!!!!! And if you're unsure,

call the companies. We spend a lot of time in the grocery stores reading

labels and emailing companies. Such is life - but WELL WORTH IT!

 

Peace and love,

 

Lynne

Dick Ford [dickford]

Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:33 PM

Re: Stuff masquerading as vegetarian food

 

 

Non vegetarian foods:

red fruit juices, drinks and punch with cochineal or carmine [insects]

most yogurt and cheap sour cream or other dairy foods have gelatin

most prepared dip has gelatin

low fat or no fat margarine very often has gelatin

many snacks like Dolly Madison [Little Debbie is Adventist vegetarian,

but not very healthy]

Pillsbury canned dough products used to have beef fat, now not all do

30 years ago all cookies and snacks had lard except Sunshine and Little

Debbie, now most don't

most canned soup has chicken or beef fat or broth, few exceptions

many canned beans have lard or bacon, unless they say vegetarian or fat

free

sometimes frozen french fries have animal fat, including McDonald's

marshmallows, moon pies, rocky road ice cream

marshmallow creme has egg, but not gelatin, usually

many casserole dishes, like frozen veggie lasagne have gelatin or animal

fat

wostershire sauce almost always has anchovies, and many ingredient lists

say wostershire sauce without saying anchovies

Chex snacks with pretzels and nuts usually have wostershire with

anchovies

ceasar salad dressing has anchovies

many salad dressings have gelatin, anchovies

prepared guacamole often has gelatin

pizza or bacon flavored crackers, pototo chips, pringles often have

pepperoni or fat

ramen noodles usually have animal fats and flavorings in the powder mix

--

Be kind. Be of good cheer.

 

Dick Ford

 

 

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More non vegetarian foods:

 

Frozen pie crusts and pies often use animal fat

cheese whiz, processed cheeses, chees dips have fat or anchovies very

often

rice crispie snacks have gelatin

gummy bears, twizzlers, some but not all fruit chewy snacks have gelatin

Altoids used to have tallow, now they have gelatin

Lots of other candies and snacks have gelatin and/or fat

 

Talking to a person who worked at a factory which puts both vegetable

and animal shortening into cans, I learned the workers are very sloppy

about what actually goes into the cans; when they change from one

packing operation to the other, they don't clean the machines, they just

start putting in the other kind of shortening; sometimes it makes a mix

in the cans, despite the label.

 

Printing ink is made from bone black or ivory black, charcoalized bones,

not elephant ivory. Newspapers, magazines, books are non-vegetarian and

ubiquitous. Ink could be made from wood charcoal, but it usually isn't.

 

--

Be kind. Be of good cheer.

 

Dick Ford

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A lot of yogurt has gelatin in it. Be sure to point out " Jello, " even

though you said no gelatin.

 

Be sure to tell them that just because something is labeled " vegetable " ,

such as Campbell's Vegetable Soup, it can (and in this case, does), contain

beef broth (or chicken) or whatever.

 

Also, I once bought " Vegetarian Vegetable Bouillon " that had gelatin in it.

I've noticed it no longer does.

 

As an aside, I called Lipton and have a list of their noodle and rice dishes

that are vegetarian. I called because I was afraid of what was hidden in

the " natural flavorings. " I also called Knorr's about their new pasta

dishes. They told me that they don't hide animal products under " natural

flavorings " and that if their are animal products in it, they will be

listed.

 

BTW -- I got 3 or 4 coupons for free products from Lipton for just calling

and asking a question.

 

Also, don't know if they allow candy, but gummy bears contain gelatin.

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I once bought digestive dietary supplements from Solgar stating " Suitable for

Vegetarians " on the front. It contained ox bile - of all things!

 

Check your vitamins and supplements. Also, things in capsules or gel caps

are generally made from gelatin unless labeled vegi-cap.

 

Lisa

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