Guest guest Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 > I am trying to avoid milk / dairy but i occassionally buy organic > dairy or egg products because they stick them in a lot of vegetarian > food. I have assumed that the small organic farms tend to be " free > range " and generally treat their animals better. my question to the > group is, is this a valid assumption? Unfortunately I do not know. In the San Francisco Bay area you can buy eggs in boxes which say the chickens are cage free/free range, no chemicals, vegetarian diet, etc. You can also buy organic milk here which I think says the same thing except I'm not 100% sure at this very moment at work that the carton says free range cows or whatever. I know that the carton says the cows are not given all the extra strange chemicals/hormones, etc. (Brand is Horizon I believe) <http://www.horizonorganic.com/products/index.html> One thing that has amazed me for a number of years is the number of things that gelatin is in. I stopped buying several different brands of yogurt because they had gelatin in them. Fortunately I found some that didn't have gelatin. Same thing for mints, peanuts, etc. They must have a surplus of gelatin since they seem to put it in so many different things. Gary P.S. my apologies if this goes out twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 does gelatin have something in it that isn't vegan/ vegetarian? btw, I have heard that foods labeled " free range " are not necessarily all that free because there isn't any laws that regulate or define what constitutes free range, so they could outright lie. i guess unless you actually go to the farm who really knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Historically, ALL gelatin was made from animal parts that had no other market value. During the 20 or so years, that has changed a lot. There are now many plant based gelatin substitutes for the home user. Even some gelatin capsule makers are choosing animal friendly souces. But, my last search of Jello showed it to still be from animal sources. DaveO dave <dave4sale [dave4sale] does gelatin have something in it that isn't vegan/ vegetarian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 21:07:33 -0000, you wrote: >does gelatin have something in it that isn't vegan/ vegetarian? Yes, of course. Gelatin is made from animal parts, hooves and so on. Agar-agar is a vegetarian substitute - made from sea weed. >btw, I have heard that foods labeled " free range " are not necessarily >all that free because there isn't any laws that regulate or define >what constitutes free range, so they could outright lie. i guess >unless you actually go to the farm who really knows... > I think this is about right. Big companies lie by implication and directly. The word 'organic' now has a defined meaning and should only be used if in accordance with USDA standards for it - which may or may not be desirable. Pat -- Pat Meadows CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY United States: http://www.stopthehunger.com/ International: http://www.thehungersite.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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