Regular foods that (surprisingly?) happen to be vegan

[Buddha Belly]

They are the only dark chocalate biscuits there. Brown packet. About 50 - 60p

[mchelle81]

o great will have to go have a look do you know what they called i mean like mcvities is it the lidl brand name

[Buddha Belly]

Don't know. It's Lidl so i don't look at any of the labels as i will not recognise them. It is the only packet of dark chocie biscuits they do though.

[mchelle81]

ok thank you will have a look i love biscuits and really miss chocolate digestives

[cobweb]

i was pleased when i found out that Bisto gravy powder was ok, i reall ymissed it when i first went vegan (til someone told me!).

[mchelle81]

o god yeah i love bisto gravy

[Cherry.Chops]

weird, i looked up one of the E numbers in bisto and it was from an animal..or may have been derived from an animal...so i just avoid it.

Biscuits are my fave...but i have also discoverd some new fave foods too!

[mchelle81]

whats your fave foods cherry chops incase i dont know,
i heard bisto favourite was vegan ?

[cobweb]

the Bisto granules aren't ok but i always believed the powder was/is fine

[sandra]

weird, i looked up one of the E numbers in bisto and it was from an animal..or may have been derived from an animal...so i just avoid it.

I've been using Bisto gravy granules for ages as it states on the container they are suitable for vegetarians and it doesn't state that they contain eggs or dairy. Plus, I read on a vegan site they were suitable for vegans!
It just says........contains:celery, soya, wheat!

What else could it be?

I'm going to have to contact them directly to find out what the truth is!

[petunia]

I was really surprised to find out that oreos were vegan. Well, they are in Canada anyway.

[mchelle81]

are oreos vegan in the uk i keep looking at them i have never tried them

[Linxie]

Also the Lidl plain chocolate digestives.

Whoop whoop! Thats so exciting!!

Tootie Frooties and chocolate bourbons were my favourite surprise vegan treats!

[Gorilla]

are oreos vegan in the uk i keep looking at them i have never tried them

Oreos available in the UK are NOT vegan (unless you find the American ones imported and sold at a ridiculous price).

[Linxie]

By the way, Lidl brand products are called "Parkside".

I'm going to have to look in Lidly more often I think as they do seem to do some vegan food. My Mum bought their mince pies at Xmas and they were vegan AND delicious!

[Quantum Mechanic]

What about Oreos in the US? I think it's only certain kinds, but I'm kind of confused. Back when I'd recently stopped dairy (don't remember if I was vegan or if I was just stopping all forms of dairy, either way it was pretty early), and I remember that I was at a social event and there were big cakes and a plate of Oreos. I thought, "Oh, yeah, Oreos are vegan, aren't they?" and went for them. Didn't even think about different distributors, changes of ingredients over time, or different varieties of cookies. Also, there wasn't a package in sight, even though it was stated that they were Oreos. Nowadays I would ask or if unable to speak (more likely scenario) go without.

[mchelle81]

Tootie fruities your kidding vegan really ?

[helen105281]

I am sure that the last time I looked at a packet of tooty frooties they had something bad in them like shellac or cochineal, could be wrong though. They did used to be ok I know but it looked like they had changed the recipe.

[Laura-Louise]

I had no idea Jelly Tots were vegan, might have to go get me a packet of them later! I was pleasantly suprised that Bourbon biccies, ginger biccies and most brand of fruit shortcake biccies are all vegan and highly dunkable.

[sandra]

I am sure that the last time I looked at a packet of tooty frooties they had something bad in them like shellac or cochineal, could be wrong though. They did used to be ok I know but it looked like they had changed the recipe.

Tooty Frooties are listed as vegan in my copy of Animal Free Shopper (7th edition).

I will check the ingredients today to make sure but they had better be vegan as I eat a packet nearly every day!

[helen105281]

I hope they are as I stopped eating them and love them. Hopefully I will be proved wrong.

[mchelle81]

ooh can you let know if tooty fruities are vegan i loved them, as for the biscuits what bourbon ones are vegan or are they all and what fruit shortcakes are vegan god i used to love them (makin me hungry)

[Enchantress]

If this website is correct Tooty Frooties contain carminic acid (as in carmine) .

[mchelle81]

o well thanks for posting

[sandra]

If this website is correct Tooty Frooties contain carminic acid (as in carmine) .

I've just got off the phone from the customer care at Rowntrees and they have told me that Tooty Frooties are indeed NOT vegan.

I feel a bit sick at the thought of eating crushed up insects. I am also very angry at the fact that the Animal Free Shopper listed them as vegan!

Can we believe ANYTHING that book tells us?

[Linxie]

That is strange as not only were they in the last vegan shopper I bought (admittedly I don't own the most recent one) but someone once forwarded me a Rowntree/Nestle product list and it definitely said they were vegan on there along with jelly tots and some mints and other things

[sandra]

It's all very confusing Linxie isn't it?
This thread has created a lot of work for me............I've already wrote a letter to a company, sent an email to another one, and phoned Rowntree's today!

I don't have much faith in the Animal Free Shopper anymore!

[Quantum Mechanic]

Well...they can't be as bad as that 99% list PETA came up with that one time, can they be? (And I'd ALREADY told my dad that coco-puffs was vegan before I looked at the package, before I saw that the list I was reading was sourced from the PETA 99% list. *smacks self*)

[mchelle81]

i no longer trust afs either i got latest and it listed a soup in there when i looked it contained milk then they had rainbow drops listed to and they not either ?

[philfox]

Is the lactic acid in Jelly Tots none dairy then? I've been avoiding them all this time unnecessarily then

[mchelle81]

o crikey i just looked at a pack of jelly tots and seen the lactic acid so does that mean they are not vegan ?

[Enchantress]

I'm pretty sure Jelly Tots are vegan (I have no conclusive evidence though). The lactic acid used in food production is rarely, if ever, derived from milk.

[clare155]

Im eating a pack right now so I hope they are vegan - Ive always been told they are...

[squigaletta]

I found gyoza and steamed aduki bean buns today that were both accidentally vegan, I was blumming made up

[helen105281]

It's all very confusing Linxie isn't it?
This thread has created a lot of work for me............I've already wrote a letter to a company, sent an email to another one, and phoned Rowntree's today!

I don't have much faith in the Animal Free Shopper anymore!

It is very confusing, I have the latest animal free shopper but don't really trust it as recipes are always changing. I have always assumed jelly tots to be ok though, I hope they are.

[sandra]

Is the lactic acid in Jelly Tots none dairy then? I've been avoiding them all this time unnecessarily then

Yes, it is philfox!

The nice lady in customer services told me today Jelly Tots were the only vegan sweets Rowntree make!
Plus, lactic acid used commercially is nearly always non-dairy these days!

[cobweb]

*phew* i have been using a lot of Jelly Tots lately for cake decorating (school functions, etc)

i never buy the animal free shopper these days, who the heck does the research?

[philfox]

Yes, it is philfox!

The nice lady in customer services told me today Jelly Tots were the only vegan sweets Rowntree make!
Plus, lactic acid used commercially is nearly always non-dairy these days!

*Dances* thank you Sandra, and everyone else who has reassured me Although I feel daft for passing up on Jelly Tots all this time they were my fave sweet years ago and mum had tonnes in at Christmas. I'm gonna find some Jelly Tots tomorrow and buy a million bags omnomnom

[cobweb]

^ just be careful if you have fillings or sensitive teeth! (a word from the wise )

[bryzee86]

I've just got off the phone from the customer care at Rowntrees and they have told me that Tooty Frooties are indeed NOT vegan.

I feel a bit sick at the thought of eating crushed up insects. I am also very angry at the fact that the Animal Free Shopper listed them as vegan!

Can we believe ANYTHING that book tells us?

Be fair, the edition you have is quite out of date. I just check the packets now.

[philfox]

^ just be careful if you have fillings or sensitive teeth! (a word from the wise )

Nope niether

(still don't have white teeth though, sort of beige at best )

[Quantum Mechanic]

o crikey i just looked at a pack of jelly tots and seen the lactic acid so does that mean they are not vegan ?

I believe (don't quote me 100%, but I've read a lot on the Internet lol) that lactic acid is almost never from a dairy source except when it's in a dairy product.

[sandra]

Be fair, the edition you have is quite out of date. I just check the packets now.

But the thing is Tooty Frooties were NEVER suitable for vegans so shouldn't have been in ANY edition of Animal Free Shopper!

They also list Rainbow Drops as suitable and the information I got from the company said they aren't!

I think from now on I'll just contact the company directly to ask about a product.

[Enchantress]

Rainbow Drops were vegan up until a few months ago when cochineal was added to the ingredients.

[sandra]

You have to wonder why they do stuff like that! What bright spark thought, 'Oh, I know these Raindbow drops aren't pink enough.......let's put crushed up insects into them, the kid's will love it!

They were ok the way they were, just leave things alone!

[cobweb]

oh i thought we were discussing the latest edition of the Animal Free Shopper, which edition is the latest (i haven't bought one for ages)

[sandra]

My copy is the 7th edition. I think the latest one is the 8th edition.

[helen105281]

When they added the insects to Rainbow drops they out a label on the front saying that they had no artifical colours etc, I would rather have the chemicals!!!

[shiny2008]

"meat"-made by eddo...

[sandra]

When they added the insects to Rainbow drops they out a label on the front saying that they had no artifical colours etc, I would rather have the chemicals!!!

Me too Helen!