Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 I wasn't going to reply, I buy all sorts of things that are suitable for Vegans that aren't marked so. Obviously not if they have suspect ingredients in, I'm pretty sure I checked the ingredients for that product. Every now and then, I'm really bad and buy rice.... even though it's not marked suitable for vegans (he he). As this is email, I'd like to point out I'm only joking. But fair point and I'll double check that it is. After all, Heinz sausages don't have any mention of casein in the ingredients.... apart from 'vegetarian flavorings'. Cheeky, no actuall.... quite offensive to me. Rowan>>I don't reckon that it's vegan, though. It's the Free-From range, isn't >>it? Those items in that range are all definitely labelled suitable for >>vegans, if they are.>Ditto, I went once (not easy to get to for me) to see the new free-from >range and decided against it because it was only labeled "Suitable for >vegetarians", and all new packaging explicitly mentions vegans >now. Apparently though Simon (on V Uncensored) was waiting for a reply >from Sainsbury's to confirm it is vegan as it seems it might be after all.>Michael _______________IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 >Every now and then, I'm really bad and buy rice.... even though it's not >marked suitable for vegans (he he). I'm sure I must have bought non-vegan items because the label looks okay (look at Linda McCartney products, the ingredients still look vegan which caught a lot of people out, and probably still continue to do so). A lot of the time it's a judgmental call and unless you refuse to buy anything that doesn't explicitly declare itself vegan there is a good chance you will always fall short regardless of how carefully you scrutinize ingredients. Sainsbury's though have recently adopted a policy of labelling whether or not something is suitable for vegans, so if it only says vegetarian then it is not vegan. The problem is that this policy only applies to new packaging, it wasn't back dated. So anything vegan that hasn't changed design will still only say vegetarian, which makes the policy rather useless in practice unless you know something has a modern label. And as the Free-From range was only recent introduced it is marked appropriately. Incidentally, the word from V Uncensored seems to be that the ice cream isn't vegan. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Welcome, Corsut! I hope you get a lot out of this group! Yesterday, I had to go on a retreat with high school kids, and the school set up the meal. It was store bought meat lasagna, lettuce (which they called 'salad'), and store bought bleached white buns. Those of us who were vegetarian were left with nothing to eat but the lettuce and buns. When I approached the minister of religion, she said, " eat the salad. " Why is it that for every function I must bring my own food? Why is it that the majority of carnivors put on this act that they know about nutrition when all they know is how to eat processed junk foods? Why do they refuse to acknowledge different dietary situations? Must I always bring my own food to these functions? Signed, Frazzled (Nicolette) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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