Gelatin

I'm a new vegatarian.​

And what I think is classed as "Lacto-ovo vegetarian"​

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I was told that I should not eat any products that contain Gelatin.​

And I'm trying but it is EVERYWHERE.​

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Does anyone know of a website that can tell me what foods to eat and what to avoid??​

Even some vegetarian sites are unhelpful.​

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And what about emulsifiers.​

Because they are in things such as butter...​

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I am really stuck here...​

 

I'm new too...they probly wont teach us the handshake...
Some gelatin isnt animal based rumor has it...some flavors of jello.

I know a lot of people dont like PETA but it has some links to veggie friendly products.
theres a list on the other board here for new vegatarians.

and as silly as it sounds I loved "vegetarian for dummbies" it had alot of important and useful info.

 

http://gocheck.arborgroup.hop.clickbank.net/ - This e-book program lists over 600 non-veg ingredients that are hidden in food.

That might be over-kill at first but I imagine they list the most common ones to look out for first.

 

600 ingredients to avoid? How is that practical? Are you supposed to remember them all, or print it off and check it against each label. I tend to avoid gelatin, but in general it's stupid to worry about that shit. Not eating it doesn't help any animals in any way, and the amount of animal products you're eating is about like swallowing a mosquito. Nothing to freak out over.

 

Meh. You're taking more life swatting a mosquito than eating some of these ingredients.

 

Some people may not swat mosquitoes.

 

I respectfully disagree with Nalencer.
You're still buying the product, which sends out the message that it is acceptable for companies to use animal derived ingredients. And of course the animal still died for the product, to me that's not much diffrent from eating meat itself.
It might be a small thing in the grand scheme of the universe; but my concience is a pretty big deal to me, just as life is important to the individual non-humans who died for food.

It does seem hugely daunting when you start out, but eventually you'll find brands that are suitable and get the hang of it. Seems to me that England has it better than most place in that respect, as things are labelled vegetarian. In the end I've found gelatine quite easy to avoid; but then I don't eat jelly, marshmallows and things like that.

It might be an idea to do it in stages, cutting out one animal derived ingredient at a time. Then eventually it'll come naturally. If you do slip up then don't worry, no one's going to kick you out of the union, you'll just know for next time.

As for emulsifers ... http://www.faia.org.uk/emulsion.php
So not really anything to worry about.

 

I see your point. I don't really like the thought of eating it either, but I'm not willing to give up foods I like a lot because of a very miniscule amount of something in them. And I don't swat mosquitos either. It was just an example :tongue:

 

Fair enough.
There were foods I liked which contained slaughter house by products, but in the end I wasn't comfortable eating them. If I put my mind to it then I could easily get vegan marshmallows; but don't really miss them enough to bother.

 

Its not really that incredibly hard--no candy hearts, jello or yogurt (unless you find a brand free of gelatin in which case i must be alerted of what brand it is immediately!)...oh and marshmallows. But aside from that...you just have to double check before you eat, mostly just candy and gooy stuff. oh and frusion "smoothies" are a great replacement for other yogurt.

 

I get the Silk soy yogurt - it's listed as vegan & Kosher... umm, Kosher DE?!?

I double checked, but didn't see gelatin listed in the ingredients. So I'm guessing that makes it okay too
love,
mom