[SouthBayVeggies] Egg whites in Wine [and info on vegan friendly alcohol]

[Guest guest]

Sorry to disappoint those who weren't aware of this, but here's a little

information on the animal products including parts of fish that could be in

wine and beer:

 

http://www.tastebetter.com/features/booze

 

Good news is there are a lot of companies out there that make vegan friendly

wine and beer and most liquor is. Just scroll down towards the bottom of the

above link for lists of beer, wine and liquor companies that make vegan

friendly products.

 

Melissa

 

On 1/17/08, San Kri <sankri08 wrote:

>

> Thanks Mike. I always thought fortune cookies had

> eggs/egg whites and so haven't eaten them. Well, I

> guess I am missing my fortunes..huh..

>

> Moving on to another topic, I never knew that egg

> whites are used in refining process of some

> wines(mostly red wines). I kind of enjoy drinking my

> red wines(before I heard about this from a wine

> maker). Who would have thought huh?

>

> Well, here's the story about it?

>

> Wine makers use some binding substance to remove the

> grape sediments from wine. They call it

> refining/filtering process. Some of the wine makers

> use egg whites/sea food products which seem to have

> good protein, and so acts as a good binding agent.

>

> After hearing it, I stopped drinking red wine from

> wineries who I don't know any information about. I

> mailed some of them and I knew atleast a few who don't

> use egg whites. Mostly local wineries...

>

> 1. Savannah Channelle

> 2. Thomas Fogerty

> 3. La Crema..

>

> Hope this information is helpful. If you happen to

> know about any other winery which don't use egg

> whites/sea food, please update the list and send it to

> this group. It would help all of us....

>

> Thanks,

> Kris

>

> --- " Sage, Mike " <mike.sage <mike.sage%40lmco.com>> wrote:

>

> > I googled " fortune cookies recipe " and got a bunch

> > of hits. I checked

> > those recipes (from the first pageful of hits) and

> > found that every one

> > of them includes eggs or egg whites among the

> > ingredients.

> >

> > Therefore, I'd say that it's a very good bet that

> > fortune cookies

> > provided by a typical restaurant contain eggs.

> >

> > -- Mike

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> > removed]

> >

> >

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