interesting that there is no legal definition of 'vegan'. You would think that is something the vegan society would push for.
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interesting that there is no legal definition of 'vegan'. You would think that is something the vegan society would push for.
Regarding their current vegan list. I spotted that it had egg lasagne on it, which is not very reassuring. Their response to my email about it was:
"Egg lasagne, egg pappardelle and egg tagliatelle are not suitable for vegans, including these
products in our Vegan list is indeed an error. This will be amended immediately and steps will
be taken to make sure this never happens again.
We have a policy of open and honest labelling which meets the requirements of UK legislation. I can assure you that all labelling on vegan suitable products is correct."
At least they took it seriously.
i tried to post this yesterday but couldn't get the forum to work. i've been buying these nut cutlets for ages but they've recently changed them to add whole peanuts, i preferred them before when they had a more uniform texture and no large hard bits. they're still nice though, i have them covered in gravy with roast dinners too.
No, the yum yums aren't vegan. I went in today. Egg and milk, so a total vegan fail there.
Darn, I'll just have to make myself something yummy instead.
I was wondering what a yum yum is too. My Google-fu appears to have failed me :(.
ouch
That's odd about the yumyums as my friend who bought them has been vegan for 20 years. I will investigate further! (They are sort of gooey iced doughnut type things I think - never had one myself as they weren't around in my pre-vegan days.)
i've never even heard of a yum yum
One of my colleagues lives for Yum Yums, my manager buys them for him most weeks!!!!! She always finds me something vegan too though :)
I took a (very out of focus picture)
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/822...0150uco.th.jpg
As you can see, it's in big letters in the allergy advice section, so (I'm hoping) maybe they are phasing some new vegan ones in. That's what I'm telling myself anyway :bigsmile:
Ooooooh! Yum-Yums are YUMMY!!! Nom nom nom :D Very easy to make yourself. Basically, long twisted doughnut with drizzled icing.
I am SOOOO happy to be able to get teacakes from Sainsbob's! Thought it was only the Basics which were vegan, but have found that the regular teacakes are also vegan! Huzzah! The Basics are...OK but I do prefer the regular! They don't get stuck so easily in my throat :p
No, no, no! We cannot have vegan yum yums! I don't have the self-control.
off topic... a whole site of vegan yum yums: http://veganyumyum.com/
Pusskins and Anne your kitties look similar did a double take for a sec! :D
Does anyone know if the Taste the Difference Everything bagels from Sainsbury's are vegan? They are baked in store and don't have an ingredients label. (I got sent some accidentally with my online shopping.)
I quite liked those Good Life nut cutlets but I had to eat a lot of them when we had to defrost our freezer and I have gone off them a bit now.:D
Can't see them on the superproductlistofcoolness
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/NR/rdonl...ineversion.pdf
:(
^ Oh well, I'll have to give them to my friend. Thanks Ms Derious.
You could ring the store and ask the bakery to check their booklet BC.
This talk of doughnut derivatives reminds me of a little episode that happened many years ago when I used to work as a baker in a in-store bakery (large UK supermarket chain).
Being bakers we had to start a lot earlier than anyone else usually at 06.00 but sometimes earlier. Being there so early there were no managers about so there was a bit of a 'banqueting' culture, where various foods would be liberated from the shop floor. Findus French Bread Pizzas were a popular choice as was Fish & Chips, sausages etc.
This would either be baked in one of the bread ovens or more often the doughnut fryer (you can see where this going can't you?)
One day a very irate customer brought back a doughnut she had purchased demanding to know why her doughnut had a large lump of breaded scampi attached :eek::D
Nice
^ 'liberate' the dead fish, and then throw it in the fryer.....mmmmhhh! :satisfied::eek:
I have always quite liked Sainsbury, thought it was one of the better supermarket for vegans. But ... just been to my local one and they have no vegan soya mince stocked anymore, they have discontinued Baxters carrot and butter bean soup and - worst of all - they were selling live muscles :(
ha ha yes thats what I get for not concentrating on what I'm typing.
Live muscles would be pretty disgusting but live mussels are definitely more upsetting! :D
sorry if that sounded nit-picky btw, it wasn't intended to be. i just wanted to make sure i understood what you meant. it's a weird thing for a supermarket to sell, i wonder why they've started doing it? :(
Money Gorilla, money. Sad but true I think.....:sad:
I don't really see any difference between selling these creatures live or dead, the outcome is the same in the end, they are equally bad.
Sainsburys are doing Beanburgers now which are Vegan :)
The forum doesn't seem to be there anymore. Has it moved? Or been removed?
It no longer exists - we're figments of your imagination
Then I need some help....
how did you manage to post if the forum wasnt there? :confused:
it's there, only invisible! Like the invisible jobcentre that gave me my invisible national insurance number for my invisible salary.
Vegetarian gravy - don't know if I have just mis-read the ingredients, but it now contains palm oil. I don't believe it did before? Plus, as mentioned on another thread, the 'new recipe' veg gravy is now marked as only vegetarian, despite still being vegan.
If only someone had noticed before, started a thread about it and contacted Sainsburys to see if it was still Vegan.
Oh look!
http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24670 :D