Going vegan......old style?!

frogga

RecoveringSpendaholic told me yesterday that Fry's Chocolate Cream is suitable for us :j I didn't know that. I knew that After Eights were suitable too but it's nice to find out other easily availble treats that are suitable. Anyone know of any other 'everyday' goodies that are?

sparklewing

Not sure if you have seen this:

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/09A77E7C-05BF-48CA-9302-96FD8089E578/0/Vegetarian_06_2008.pdf

Hope the link works. It's a list of all the Sainsburys own brand food that is vegan friendly (the vegan stuff starts on page 94). Sainsburys toiletries and household cleaners etc are also vegan friendly which is great. Mmmmm strawberry laces :j

Yay for Sainsburys :T

suep

I cant get on the Vegan society site today, I wanted to buy a couple of bits, is anyone else having problems or is it my firewall ? It worked last night


Sparklewing The Animal free shopper book, which you can buy from the vegan society (if you can get on their site :mad: ) has lists of vegan products. It has food,drink,toiletries clothes etc and is about £4.99 I think. It makes life a bit easier.

sparklewing

suep wrote: »

I cant get on the Vegan society site today, I wanted to buy a couple of bits, is anyone else having problems or is it my firewall ? It worked last night

I've been having problems with their site too, keeps telling me the page can not be found when I click on links.

Doom_and_Gloom

sparklewing wrote: »

Actually the Cauldron sausages are probably vegan too, I'll have to check.

The Cauldron sausages have egg in the last I knew. I believe they still do. However their falafel should be vegan (they did do it with honey at one point so check the pack), the original and organic tofu, smoked tofu and the marinated tofu pieces are also vegan. http://www.cauldronfoods.co.uk/index.php/tag/suitable-for-vegans/
Hope that helps.

Doom_and_Gloom

sparklewing

Additives: Animal-Derived

E120 - cochineal E542 - edible bone phosphate
E631 - sodium 5'-inosinate
E901 - beeswax
E904 - shellac
calcium mesoinositol
hexaphosphate
lactose
sperm oil/spermaceti

Additives: Possibly Animal-Derived

E101 - riboflavin, lactoflavin, vitamin B2
E101(a) - riboflavin 5'-phosphate
E153 (believed animal-free version only may be used in food) - carbon black, vegetable carbon
E161(b) - lutein
E161(g) - canthaxanthin
E236 - formic acid
E237 - sodium formate
E238 - calcium formate
E270 - lactic acid
E322 - lecithin
E325 - sodium lactate
E326 - potassium lactate
E327 - calcium lactate
E422 - glycerol (glycerine)
E430 (believed to be no longer permitted in food) - polyoxyethylene (8) stearate, polyoxyl (8) stearate
E431 - polyoxyethylene (40) stearate, polyoxyl (40) stearate
E432 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, polysorbate 20, tween 20
E433 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan mono-oleate, polysorbate 80, tween 80
E434 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate, polysorbate 40, tween 40
E435 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, tween 60
E436 - polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate, polysorbate 65, tween 65
E470(a) - sodium, potassium and calcium slats of fatty acids
E470(b) - magnesium salts of fatty acids
E471 - glycerides of fatty acids, glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate
E472(a) - acetic acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids, acetoglycerides, glycerol esters
E472(b) - lactic acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids, lactylated glycerides, lactoglycerides
E472(c) - citric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472(d) - tartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472(e) - mono and diacetyltartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472(f) - mixed acetic and tartaric acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
E473 - sucrose esters of fatty acids
E474 - sucroglycerides
E475 - polyglycerol esters of fatty acids
E476 - polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil, polyglycerol polyricinoleate; - polyglycerol esters of dimerized fatty acids of soya bean oil
E477 - propylene glycol esters of fatty acids; propane-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids
E478 - lactylated fatty acid esters of gylcerol and propane-1,2-diol
E479(b) - thermally oxidized soya bean oil interacted with mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids
E481 - sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
E482 - calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate
E483 - stearyl tartrate
E491 - sorbitan monostearate
E492 - sorbitan tristearate, span 65
E493 - sorbitan monolaurate, span 20
E494 - sorbitan mono-oleate, span 80
E495 - sorbitan monopalmitate, span 40
E570 - fatty acids (including myristic, stearic, palmitic and oleic), butyl stearate
E572 - magnesium salts of fatty acids (including magnesium stearate); - calcium stearate
E585 - ferrous lactate
E627 - guanosine 5'-disodium phosphate, sodium guanylate, disodium guanylate
E635 - sodium 5'-ribonucleotide
E640 - glycine and its sodium salt
E920 - L-cysteine hydrochloride
E1518 - glyceryl mono-, di- and tri-acetate (triacetin) calcium hepatonate calcium phytate diacetin glyceryl leucine monoacetin oxystearin any unspecified flavourings
http://www.vegansociety.com/food/criteria.php
I'm not having any trouble with the vegan society site today so no idea what is going on . I did this to help those that can't get on for the E numbers. It's amazing what could be in your food or drink :eek: .

Hope that helps you.

penguine

Hi, I'm vegan too. Haven't read through the whole thread but just wanted to say, veganism can be very frugal if you go lightly on the specialist meat substitutes etc and base your diet mainly on grains, pulses, fruit and veg.

You will get lots of people asking about protein but there is no need to worry about protein intake at all if you are getting enough calories. Potatoes all on their own contain enough protein to meet all your needs!

This is a very useful site. Dr McDougall has advocated a vegan diet for decades for health reasons. This links to a forum on his website where nutritionist Jeff Novick answers queries about nutritional issues in a great deal of detail.

suep

It was my firewall, I turned it off and had no problems.

Thanks for the E numbers list, thank goodness for the vegan sunflower logo, I will just look out for that when Im shopping, it'll be much easier tha trying to remember all of the E numbers

sparklewing

I'm ridiculously excited about being a new vegan. I always get extremely 'into' my thing of the moment. I was the same when I first became vegetarian (I don't mean I'll give up or it's a passing fad but just that I get totally immersed in reading and discussing everything for a while).

I think I'll find the food side of being vegan fairly easy. As long as I can have salad cream (yay Sainsburys again) and Vegemite then I'm happy.

I'm going to find the toiletries side of things REALLY hard though. Since I stopped smoking my thing has been buying lovely lovely toiletries and cosmetics and pampering myself. But I'm pretty sure the majority, if not all, of my toiletries are not vegan.:(

It's taken me years to find a hairdye I like and it's on the Bad list at the vegan society. My hair is almost totally white so the Henna dyes from Lush wouldn't work I don't think as I'd end up with bright red roots where the white hair is. I have a years supply of my dye in the bathroom (it was on special offer) so have a year to hope someone comes up with an excellent chocolatey brown permanent, grey covering dye. (Seen a few vegan dyes but the colours aren't great and going natural isn't an option as I'm only 27).:eek:

I also have psoarisis on my scalp so use t-gel once a week (also a no-no in vegan world). nothing else I've tried (and believe me I've tried a lot) works and it's gets so bad I scratch til I bleed. Anyone know of a vegan frendly alternative? Normal Head & Shoulders type shampoos don't work.

I've got like a years worth of all my toiletries so got plenty time to find alternatives but I think the food side is definitely the easy bit.:rolleyes:

sparklewing

Me again sorry, last post for a while I promise.

Just wondering what do you do about medication? One of my prescribed medications is in capsule form and contains gelatine and the other is manufactured by Proctor & Gamble. I'm presuming that if I ask the doctor for vegan alternatives they'll tell me to !!!! off? Or am I being unecesarily harsh on doctors?