vegetarianism

[Guest guest]

hi;

 

Some indian vegetarian products have a 100%

vegetarian symbol(green circle). Does it also

mean that it has no alcohol???

 

What does a 100% vegetarian symbol mean in India???

 

Grateful if you could please help me. ;-)

[maadhav]

veg. foods means no birds, aquatics, animals, or eggs, or insects. of course no alcohol.

do not know about the symbol - green circle.

have not seen it yet.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I think the green dot is for pure vegetarian items only.

 

The fact is I dont know where you got the idea about alcohol, unless you are in the west, where Rum and some alcohol is added to some food items.

 

So, if you are going to a desi market ( if you are in the west), you can get indian exported food their, you can see the green dot in maggie noodles, horlicks, lot of food stuffs from India.

[Guest guest]

Typically a green triangle is used to represent vegan items, while a green circle is used to represent vegetarian items (no meat but may contain eggs and dairy products). Vegetarianism is very different from abstinence from alcohol...just because something is labeled vegetarian does not necessarily mean it does not contain alcohol...check the ingredients list on the packaging to see if the food item contains alcohol..if alcohol is used, it is almost always mentioned in the ingredient list.

[Guest guest]

Here's a really neat website that answers frequently asked questions on food ingredient labeling in the u.s.a.

 

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm#b-12