- Additives
- Albumen Derived from
eggs, probably battery.
- Alcohol Many
alcoholic drinks are fined (ie clarified) using animal ingredients,
see beer and wine. Spirits are suitable for vegetarians except for
some Russian and Eastern European Vodkas which may have used bone charcoal
in their production. Watch out for cochineal in Campari.
- Alpaca Animal
derived clothing material.
- Anchovies Small fish,
found on pizzas and in some brands of worcester sauce.
- Angora Animal
derived clothing material.
- Animal
Fat Carcass fat
not milk fat.
- Aspic Savoury jelly
derived from meat or fish.
- Beer All
cask conditioned "real" ales
will have been fined with isinglass, and some keg, bottled and canned
bitters, milds and stouts also. Lagers are generally chill filtered,
but some brands may use isinglass on occasion (see also Beer from
the Alcohol Info Sheet).
- Biscuits May
contain animal fats.
- Bone Used in bone china
and cutlery handles.
- Bread Most large producers
use vegetable based emulsifiers (E471, E472 etc), but local bakers
may not. Some bakers may grease the tins with animal fat.
- Breakfast
cereals Often
fortified with vitamin D3.
- Brushes Animal hair
is commonly used for paint and shaving brushes.
- Butter Unadulterated
butter is suitable for vegetarians.
- Capsules Usually
made from gelatine, vegetarian alternatives are becoming widely available.
- Cashmere Animal
derived clothing material.
- Catering/Cookery
Training may require the handling of meat. See: The
Cordon Vert Cookery School
- Caviar Fish
eggs. The fish must be killed to obtain the eggs.
- Cheese May
have been produced using animal rennet.
- Chewing
gum Often contain
glycerine. Wrigleys use a vegetable glycerine.
- Chips May have been
fried in animal fat.
- Chitin Produced
from crab & shrimp shells.
- Chocolate Watch out
for whey and emulsifiers.
- Cochineal E120, made
from crushed insects.
- Crisps Often
use whey as a flavour carrier, ready salted are nearly always vegetarian,
however, meat-flavoured crisps rarely contain real meat..
- Down Usually
from slaughtered ducks or geese, though some live plucking does occur,
used in bedding.
- E
Numbers European food additives numbering system, not
all are vegetarian.
- Edible
Fats Can mean
animal fats.
- Eggs Some
vegetarians may wish to avoid battery eggs and/or barn eggs. The
Vegetarian Society does not award its seedling
symbol to any products containing eggs other than free range.
- Emulsifiers May not
be vegetarian.
- Fast
Food Watch out
for Bean/Vegetable burgers being cooked with fish/chicken/meat products.
- Fatty
Acids May be
of animal or vegetable origin.
- Feathers
- Felt Made
from wool or fur.
- Fur
- Gelatin/Gelatine A
gelling agent derived from animal ligaments, skins, tendons, bones
etc.
- Glycerine/Glycerol May
be produced from animal fats, synthesised from propylene or from
fermentation of sugars.
- Gravy Vegetarian gravy
mixes are available. Be careful in restaurants.
- Ice
Cream Look out
for non dairy fats, E numbers, eggs.
- Isinglass A fining
agent derived from the swim bladders of certain tropical fish, especially
the Chinese sturgeon. See Alcohol.
- Lactose Produced from
milk, sometimes as a by product of the cheese
making process.
- Lanolin Produced from sheep's
wool. Used to make vitamin D3.
- Leather Around
10% of the value of an animal at slaughter is in its skin.
- Lecithin Nearly always
produced from soya beans,
though can be produced from eggs.
- Margarines May contain
animal fats, fish oils, vitamin D3, E numbers, whey,
gelatine.
- Mohair Animal
derived clothing material.
- Pasta May contain egg.
- Pastry May contain
animal fat.
- Pepsin Enzyme from
a pig's stomach, used like rennet.
- Pet Foods Dogs are
omnivorous and can be fed on an exclusively vegetarian diet. Canned
and dried dog foods are available.
- Photography All
Photographic film uses gelatine and some high quality photo papers.
- Postage
Stamps In the UK, the
backing glue is free from animal products.
- Seedling
Symbol You can be sure that any products carrying the Vegetarian
Society's seedling symbol have been thoroughly checked to ensure
they are suitable for vegetarians.
- Shellac An
insect secretion. To be treated in a similar way to Honey.
- Shoes Quality synthetic
shoes are becoming more widely available.
- Silk Harvesting
silk used in clothing invariably causes the death of the silk worm.
- Soap Many soaps are
not vegetarian since they use animal fats and/or glycerine. Vegetable
oil based soaps are quite widely available.
- Soft
Drinks Some canned
Orange drinks use gelatine as a carrier for added Beta Caratine.
(This would not appear on the ingredients panel).
- Soup Watch out for
the stock.
- Spirits (alcoholic
that is!) possible problems with fining and filtering.
- Stearic
Acid May be
vegetarian or not.
- Stock May contain animal
fat.
- Suet Usually made from
animal fat, vegetable versions are available.
- Sweets Look out for
gelatine in boiled sweets and mints, and cochineal in boiled sweets
and Smarties. (some vegetarian sweets are listed by chocolate manufacturers.)
- Toothpaste Many brands
contain glycerine.
- Vegan The
Vegan Society produces The Animal Free Shopper which lists branded
products suitable
for vegans.
- Vitamins Vitamin D2
is produced by sunlight acting on bacteria, however D3 is derived
from lanolin from sheeps'
wool therefore only D3 which is guaranteed sourced from wool sheared
from live sheep is considered acceptable.
- Whey Whey
and whey powder are invariably by-products of the cheese
making process which mainly uses animal rennet though vegetarian
whey is widely utilised in products marked as suitable for vegetarians.
- Wine May
sometimes have been fined using isinglass, dried blood, egg albumen,
gelatine, chitin.
Vegetarian alternatives include bentonite, kieselguhr, kaolin and
silica gel. Non vintage port is fined with gelatine. (see also Alcohol)
- Wool may
not be so sheep friendly.
- Worcester
Sauce Most
brands contain anchovies though vegetarian versions are commonly
used in ready meals.
- Yoghurts Some low fat
yoghurts contain gelatine.
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