Just got back from our local morrisons in Seaford...
A tad hungry, so I thought I'd get myself one of those Aloo Gobi Saag things you stick in the microwave.
I looked at the packet and it said 'contains Milk' - I thought that can't be right... I looked at the ingredients. There's no cream, no lactic acid, no milk whatsoever... however, it's got Coconut Milk in it.
Because of that, it's not been labelled as Vegan.
Next, went for a packet of Veggie samosas, Asda's don't contain milk but Morrisons ones do. so I went to the deli counter and got a load of Tomato and Chilli Pakoras, which just said 'contains preservative'. I asked at the counter if they were vegan but the bloke there wasn't too sure.
I may have to write to customer services and get them to sort their labelling out as that's a bit pathetic. Ever since Hemlock became vegan, I've got used to looking at ingredients in supermarkets when we're food shopping.
Last edited by Corum; Feb 2nd, 2007 at 04:44 PM.
Reason: Dosey Yorkie!!! Aloo Gobi Saag not SAP.
That's better. Gobi is cauliflower. Another concern, at least with Indian and Pakistani food here where I live, is "ghee" (clarified butter). I find that to be in many if not most dishes here.
Also bread, such as plain old naan, usually contains yogurt! (At least the packaged stuff here does.)
Looks yummy! If you don't see any milk products like whey, casein, ghee, lactose, etc. in the ingredients, it may just be an allergen alert, because they use the same mixing apparatus to make a milk food derived product. Most of us consider that OK, "vegan wise", I know I do. I'd say go for it.
Just to let you know, Morrison's organic Spanish Airen (white) wine and the organic Spanish Shiraz (red) are vegan! It's labelled vegetarian but they have checked into it and confirmed it's vegan. It's not the best wine in the world but it's nice enough.
Thanks for that RedWellies- I was having a confusing time finding wine in supermarkets!! i've gone from to !
You're welcome. Also, I've mentioned this before on the forum, all white Fetzer wine is vegan. Also, Kumala do two vegan wines - the organic red and the organic white. I'm not sure if Morrisons stock those.
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I tried some of morrisons garlic and onion hummus yesterday, it was horrible as it had loads of sugar in it, you might as well put golden syrup on your salad.
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Was in Morrisons today and found some vegan Ravioli (Morrisons brand). I'm quite sure it's new as Ive never seen it there before. Will report back once Ive tried it.
Morrisons is my local supermarket. Ive only lived here for a few months but everytime I go theres something new I can eat. I have no idea why this is happening but I'm liking it
Was in Morrisons today and found some vegan Ravioli (Morrisons brand). I'm quite sure it's new as Ive never seen it there before. Will report back once Ive tried it.
Fantastic, I love ravioli! If only they did vegan fresh stuffed pasta
Morrisons Organic Tomato Soup is definitely Vegan - it has rice flour instead of milk to thicken it and it tastes better than the Heinz non-vegan equivalent!
Fantastic, I love ravioli! If only they did vegan fresh stuffed pasta
Hemlock, there is such a thing! I've never seen it in an ordinary supermarket but there's a health food store here which sells organic vegan stuffed pasta made by a company called Biona:
Today in morrisons I discovered some crisps called stompers, they're morrisons own brand and I think it's a new product.
They're basically pickled onion monster munch but seem to be vegan yum! Only £1.09 for 10 packs too!
Ooh they've been out aaaages....and usually on offer at 3 multipacks for £2.50 (should anyone wish to have 30 packs of pickled oniony munchy type things)
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We've just got back from Cornwall where we had our first experience of Morrisons (none near us at home). I still haven't got over how cheap they are compared to Sainsburys
Today in morrisons I discovered some crisps called stompers, they're morrisons own brand and I think it's a new product.
They're basically pickled onion monster munch but seem to be vegan yum! Only £1.09 for 10 packs too!
oooh i miss Monster Munch (i used to love the Flamin' Hot flavour - i don't know if they even still make that one)! if only i had a Morrisons near me - they're probably not worth travelling for are they?!
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I can't go in Morrissons, the one around Bristol has the fish counter RIGHT inside the door! Bleuch, disgusting, can't stomach it, it's rancid I tell you.
The few times I've been there I've heard other people loudly commenting on the stink, can't just be veggies offended by it?
Is it common siting by Morrisons, or is the stench counter at the back in other stores?
Tried shopping in Sainsbury's at the weekend, Hemlock wanted to make Thai curry.
We couldn't find much of anything there so we went back to our old faithful Morrisons and bought the lot - 30% cheaper than what we could buy at Sainsbury's.
as an aside... I've been shopping at Morrisons for ... the best part of my life (since when I was a nipper, living down the road from the one in Halifax! - yorkshire that is )
Since the one in Eastbourne got bought out by Waitrose, the old dears who used to shop there are all catching the bus to Seaford as it's much cheaper.
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Is it common siting by Morrisons, or is the stench counter at the back in other stores?
You know it's right next to all the fruit & veg too. I can't imagine buying fresh fruit that's been soaking up the stink - ok maybe that's picky, but really, yeuchk! It's so strong!
same here for our morrisons..fish, pizza bit and cooked chickens and other mad sticky red rib things right near the fruit and veg. the smell can be pretty bad..it's a weird smell..nasty.
the morrisons pizza bases are okay though..just plain bases - 49p.
i like their nut/raisin mix too..and the vegi deli stuff
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The Morrisons in Leicester smelt (maybe still smells) so bad and they had random coolers full of meat everywhere, I just stopped going in the end. It smelt like chicken poo in there sometimes. I think they didn't clean the freezers propery or something. Haven't been there in a couple of years now, and it's a shame because it was the nearest food shop near my house, but I just couldn't stomach it any longer.
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My mum was told today that morrisons do a vegan list that you can pick up from the customer service desk, she didn't pick one up though so I haven't seen it yet.
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We usually do all our shopping in Morrisons and the local farm shop. This month we went to Asda instead and got a huge shop for £27. They had a big promotion on 5 for £1 on tins of beans, tomatoes etc. We've got enough staple food to last us a month!!!!
I haven't tried it yet as I was unsure about the E435 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate) but I think the fact that it's marked vegetarian means it should be ok.
I went in to Morrisons this lunchtime and the customer desk there didn't know anything about a list of vegan stuff.
Grr..... hisss... !!!
That about sums it up for them. I _really_ can't stand them, and refuse to shop there because every time I tried to find out about vegan stuff, they either had no info, no phone number, no interest, or (more likely) no idea.
Plus, every one I've ever been into was divey, meat-focused, and generally scuzzy. They also seem to be one of the old-school get-cheap-stuff-and-bugger-the-consequences type shops which I try to avoid.
angry angry angry angry ........!!!!!!
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so I went to the deli counter and got a load of Tomato and Chilli Pakoras, which just said 'contains preservative'. I asked at the counter if they were vegan but the bloke there wasn't too sure.
Phew!!!
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