| aslan |
| Hi, I am a strict vegan and when something says only natural flavours I don't eat it. I am curious to know if the natural flavours, natural strawberry flavour, natural chocolate flavour..etc.that are in Soy Delicious and Rice Dream ice creams are vegan. Also, besides the fake cheese slices, are all Yves products vegan? Such as the faux ground round, faux sausages and faux back bacon. Thank you. |
| Jezebel |
| Got this straight off the Yves website :smile: "Yves Veggie Cuisine products are vegan with the exception of our Good Slices that contain casein." -Beth |
| aslan |
| Thank you very much, I too visited their website and think that it is awesome. I called them to see how strictly vegan they were and they are very strict. They told me that all the vitamins, minerals and natural flavors are produced from from the micro-fermentation (or something like that) of vegetables. |
| aslan |
| I also called Imagine Foods, who make Rice and Soy Dream, and all of their natural flavours, vitamins and minerals are all plant derived. The only thing to watch for is any ice cream with chocolate chunks, because although the ingredients are vegan, the chunks are processed on dairy-chocolate machines. (Unfortunately, the chocolate that covers their ice cream bars is also produced this way.) Also their 3 vegan stuffed sandwiches are processed on non-vegan machinery. Other than that, Imagine Foods is a great company that really cares about animals. They are privately owned which is why they have to use other machinery. All flavours of their Rice and Soy Dream beverages, their puddings, all of their soups (except their free-range chicken broth), and most of their "ice creams" are completely vegan. Oh, and the lady that I talked to there was amazing and was a vegan herself. |
| Sergio |
What is casein? Thanks. |
| aslan |
| casein is the curdy (cheesy) protein that is derived from milk - watch out for it in soy and rice cheese slices because it doesn't always tell you on the package that it is milk derived. |
| brookevegn |
| yeah why in the world is it that they loooove putting casein in "vegetarian" cheese? kind of defeats the purpose of non dairy in my mind |
| Sergio |
I read there are vegan casein. But I don't remember where. |
| Anonymous |
| Here's a question...Is honey vegan???? i'm guessing it's not... But i had this argument with a friend... |
| bojster |
| It's not, it's produced by animals. So called "vegan+honey" diet is quite popular though... which doesn't change the fact that honey is not vegan. You can always use artificial one if you like it. |
| Anonymous |
| Just a suggestion, instead of honey have you tried Agave nectar? I love it, better than honey or sugar in my humble opinion. |