I keep seeing this highly irritating phrase. "may contain traces of eggs/milk/god knows" Would you eat it?
Yeah like stuff that "may contain shrimp" and shit like that, no. But my friend who claims he's keeping a vegetarian diet eats these raman noodle things which have chicken fat and traces of shrimp. He offered me some but I said I wouldn't eat it. He was like well you're not vegan... I hate when he does it, I don't know why he thinks vegetarians just don't eat meat.
a lot of baked goods and candy bars available in supermarkets will say "may contain traces of eggs and/or milk solids". This is because they are baked in the same machinery or containers as products that aren't vegan. So, while the chances of them actually containing any animal products is slim, it's still kinda stupid and one of the reasons why we should cut down on overprocessed foods!
My thoughts exactly That is pretty stupid, although perhaps an obvious assumption. Maybe some people just don't think about crucial details like that. A little gentle advice might help. If you're going to do something do it right.
I'm vegan, and as long as something un-vegan is on the actual ingrediants list I will eat it. "The may contain traces of..." is simply for alergy information because milk and eggs or whatever, is used somewhere else in the factory. If it is not on the list of ingrediants then you are not increasing the demand for eggs or milk.
[I'm vegan, and as long as something un-vegan is on the actual ingrediants list I will eat it.] ...what?
Hahaha... I never fully got that at first yet I did. He means as long as something saying "may contain traces of" and whatever it is is un-vegan, he will eat it.
no I see now that I was fucked up. I meant if it was on the ingrediants list, I wont eat it. But if it is a "may contain traces of" I will eat it. Whoops!
treephriend is correct. The info is for folks with allergies. the most common one I see is 'may contain traces of peanuts, whaet or milk ingredients." I also avoid things that intend to cantain animal ingredients, but convenience foods are that, and the cost of convenience is high enough. Imagine what an all-vegan factory would cost: no farming out jobs to housebrands until the demand spikes (and that is looking like 10 years minimum.) keeping the staff aware of vegan issues. most kosher production is done in a kosher factories (and I'm writing about non-meat items: soda, dishwashing liquid, catsup, mustard, pickles, potato chips etc) with a rabbi on staff to certify. I would think we'd want a similar set up, but like kosher with UO and K, there are different levels of veg*anism.
