Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 I don't have the article link anymore, but since Silk is being taken over by a dairy company, it has been confirmed that their product WILL be produced on the same equipment as dairy products being produced. So if you are vegan, stay away from Silk, yummy as it is. I have since the incident last year with the dairy product " contamination " because it wasn't worth the risk to me. But what everyone else does (and cares about) is up to them! And I also know about carrageenan, and did some research - it IS harmful in the long term, so for health reasons, you'd be best to avoid it as much as possible. Not an easy thing to do when it comes to processed foods, but then again, processed foods in general are not ideal for our systems for various reasons, and certainly don't provide the health benefits that WHOLE (i.e. fresh and freshly prepared foods) do. So if you want better health, go easy on the tofu and premade, prepackaged foods, and try preparing food yourself so you know what's in it! Cheers - and bon appetit, Sue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email. Perform a death-defying act.... Go Vegan! Join the vegan r/evolution! http://www.generationv.org FREE Veg Kit http://www.goveg.com/vegkit/index.html _______________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 Have they confirmed that they will use the same machinery? Just because they were bought by a company that also manufactures milk products doesn't mean they will share the same equipment. In fact, the company will probably inherit the original White Wave machinery, and there's no reason that they couldn't just keep using it after the sale. Have you heard specifically that they will switch to dairy machinery? I'm sorry if I'm skeptical, but it seems that it would dramatically reduce their market if they were to do so. -Kim On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Sue Blankman wrote: > I don't have the article link anymore, but since Silk is being taken over by > a dairy company, it has been confirmed that their product WILL be produced > on the same equipment as dairy products being produced. So if you are vegan, > stay away from Silk, yummy as it is. I have since the incident last year > with the dairy product " contamination " because it wasn't worth the risk to > me. But what everyone else does (and cares about) is up to them! > > And I also know about carrageenan, and did some research - it IS harmful in > the long term, so for health reasons, you'd be best to avoid it as much as > possible. Not an easy thing to do when it comes to processed foods, but then > again, processed foods in general are not ideal for our systems for various > reasons, and certainly don't provide the health benefits that WHOLE (i.e. > fresh and freshly prepared foods) do. So if you want better health, go easy > on the tofu and premade, prepackaged foods, and try preparing food yourself > so you know what's in it! > > Cheers - and bon appetit, > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2002 Report Share Posted August 5, 2002 And of course right after I sent that, I see on White Wave's website: *How can I be sure there is no dairy in Silk Soymilk? White Wave has zero tolerance for dairy in our products. In order to ensure that our products, which share dairy equipment, do not contain dairy proteins, White Wave uses rigorous cleaning and testing procedures. Silk is produced in an entirely enclosed system of tanks and piping. Between each run of dairy milk and Silk Soymilk all the equipment is washed and sterilized. (No chemicals are used during the process.) Silk Soymilk is then tested at the production facility and at our own White Wave laboratories. We use a testing system that will recognize any dairy proteins. If dairy proteins were found the batch would be rejected and disposed of. ----- So apparently they *do* use machinery that also processes dairy, but are fastidious about keeping milk protein out of it. Either way, it's not going to reduce my Silk consumption (which is very low anyway - I just don't care for it that much). But it's nice to have the facts. -Kim On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Kim Flournoy wrote: > Have they confirmed that they will use the same machinery? > > Just because they were bought by a company that also manufactures milk > products doesn't mean they will share the same equipment. In fact, the > company will probably inherit the original White Wave machinery, and > there's no reason that they couldn't just keep using it after the sale. > > Have you heard specifically that they will switch to dairy machinery? I'm > sorry if I'm skeptical, but it seems that it would dramatically reduce > their market if they were to do so. > > -Kim > > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Sue Blankman wrote: > > > I don't have the article link anymore, but since Silk is being taken over by > > a dairy company, it has been confirmed that their product WILL be produced > > on the same equipment as dairy products being produced. So if you are vegan, > > stay away from Silk, yummy as it is. I have since the incident last year > > with the dairy product " contamination " because it wasn't worth the risk to > > me. But what everyone else does (and cares about) is up to them! > > > > And I also know about carrageenan, and did some research - it IS harmful in > > the long term, so for health reasons, you'd be best to avoid it as much as > > possible. Not an easy thing to do when it comes to processed foods, but then > > again, processed foods in general are not ideal for our systems for various > > reasons, and certainly don't provide the health benefits that WHOLE (i.e. > > fresh and freshly prepared foods) do. So if you want better health, go easy > > on the tofu and premade, prepackaged foods, and try preparing food yourself > > so you know what's in it! > > > > Cheers - and bon appetit, > > Sue > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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