lets make a DONT EAT THIS list

has anyone else ever found out they have been "tricked" for quite some time by a seemingly "safe" food, and then later discovered it has non-vegetarian ingredients?

i felt so sick the day i caught out of the corner of my eye "anchovy" on a packet of:

caesar salad dressing

can anyone add more items to make a list of things to watch out for?

Most worstechire sauces have anchovies in them too.

Panera's Muffins, esp. the Pumpkin Muffins have gelatin in them.  Boo!  DO NOT EAT!

And yeah, lite foods almost always have a gelatin, modified corn product, or something chemical or manmade in them.  I think you'd be better off eating the full-fat version that has fewer or absolutely no crazy preservatives/potential carcinogens/PHO's in it than to eat the lite junk.  But if you are dieting... a calorie is a calorie.

As far as bread w/o HCFS, I know of only two:  Nature's Own and Oroweat Oatnut.  I try to buy them, but damn, that's 'spensive.

What the???

hmarcos Mar 07 2007 07:52

Taco Bell Sour Cream is made with gelatin  ??????

Why? ::confused as heck::  there are a lot of foods with gelatin in them, it sounds like?  Is this the unknown mystery food item of the decade? ~ Lost Artist
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Here's a list of snacks that are vegan:

http://www.vegcooking.com/vegansnacks.asp

Candy

Airheads taffy
Atkins peanut butter bars
Blow Pops
Brach?s Cinnamon Hard Candy
Charms lollipops
Chick-o-Sticks
Cracker Jack
Cry Babies
Dem Bones
Dots
Dum-Dums
Fireballs
Goldenberg's Peanut Chews
Hot Tamales
Hubba Bubba bubblegum
Jolly Ranchers (lollipops and hard candy)
Jujubees
Jujyfruits
Lemonheads
Mambas
Mary Janes (regular and peanut butter kisses)
Mike and Ike
Now and Later
Pez
Ring Pop lollipops
Smarties (U.S. Brand)
Sour Patch Kids
Starburst (jelly beans and hard candy)
Super Bubble
Swedish Fish
Sweet Tarts
Tropical Source mini chocolate bags
Twizzlers
Zotz

Snacks

Bean dip (make sure it?s lard-free)
Cracker Jack
Fritos
Lance?s Toasty Crackers
Lay's Stax
Lay's WOW! potato chips
Microwave popcorn (minus the real butter flavor)
Munchos
Peanuts, sunflower seeds, almonds, cashews, and Pistachios
Pretzels
Salsa
Skittles? Mints
Tostitos
Trail mix
Triscuits
Wheat Thins

http://www.vegcooking.com/vegansnacks.asp

Watch Your Mouth
Not what comes out but what goes in. Sure, you might follow the two-second rule when you drop your Tofutti Cutie on your kitchen floor, but you won?t want to give these disgusting hidden animal ingredients the time of day.

Casein?Whey?s cousin, casein is made from curdled milk. Yuck!

Gelatin?Rhymes with "skeleton." Coincidence? I think not. Gelatin is a protein made by boiling cows? and pigs? skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Jell-O? Hell, no!

Honey?Sure, honey tastes sweet, but you?ll get a bad taste in your mouth when you learn how it?s "harvested."
From a former beekeeper: "[T]ypically, beekeepers are gloved and netted to avoid stings (nearly every bee who stings will die due to her entrails being pulled from her body attached to her stinger.) Then the hives are opened as quickly as possible and the bees are ?smoked.? Smoke from a smoldering fire carried in a ?smoker? is pumped into the hive and the bees are ?calmed.? In spite of this, the combs are pulled quickly and many bees are crushed in the process. When a bee is hurt, she releases a chemical message that alerts and activates the hive members who proceed to attack the intruder?giving their lives in the process."

Lard?Lard is such a gross word, it almost makes you wonder why they just don?t call it what it is: "Fat from hog abdomens."

Pepsin?If the thought of eating lard turns your stomach, stay away from pepsin, a clotting agent from pigs? stomachs, used in some cheeses and vitamins.

Rennet?Certain words just make you cringe, like coagulate, congeal, clot?which is what rennet, an enzyme taken from baby calves? stomachs, is used for in cheese production.

Stearic Acid?It may sound less gross than "lard," but stearic acid, which often rears its ugly head in chocolate and vitamins, comes from a fatty substance taken from slaughtered pigs? stomachs?or from cows, sheep, or dogs and cats euthanized in animal shelters. Still want to chew on that piece of Fido?

Cetyl Palmitate?Check your head if you?re using margarine that contains cetyl palmitate, the fancy term for the waxy oil derived from sperm whales? heads or from dolphins. "I can?t believe it?s not " oh, wait. It is" Whale head wax"?

Urea?Urea comes from urine and other "bodily fluids." It?s used to "brown" baked goods, like pretzels. Um, yeah. And the oven is for ??

When going to any convenience store, take a look around and see what other food services they offer. Often, you can get made-to-order sandwiches and salads. For instance, Speedway gas stations can make up MTO veggie wraps and sandwiches, and you can also snag bagels, garlic fries (minus the cheese), and cheese-free nachos.

http://www.vegcooking.com/ChainRestaurants.as p

Vegan Fare at Restaurant Chains
Some well-meaning vegans have chosen to ignore the fast-food and chain restaurant market because of its emphasis on animal flesh, but the bottom line is this: In order to convince meat-eaters to stop eating animals, vegetarian options must be convenient and available in the places where meat-eaters munch. There will never be vegan or vegetarian options at restaurant chains unless vegetarians and vegans support them. Some of us never thought that we?d see the day when Burger King or Bennigan?s offered veggie burgers, but now that they do, the millions of carnivores who eat there can see that choosing meatless meals is easy and tasty. This is a huge step in the right direction.

Almost every restaurant has at least one vegan dish available. By making educated choices and asking the server for assistance, dining out can be a delicious?and cruelty-free?experience! We put together this handy guide to help you navigate the chain restaurant world.

Arby?s offers a baked potato and a garden salad or side salad with Italian dressing. Finish it all off with an apple or cherry turnover.

Backyard Burgers, a restaurant chain in the South and the Midwest, offers a delicious garden veggie sandwich.

Remember going to Baskin-Robbins when you were knee-high to a grasshopper? Awaken the kid in you by trying the chain?s dairy-free and gelatin-free ices and sorbets, which are just as yummy and cooling as ice cream?without the pus and hormones.

A delicious vegetarian Boca burger and a fresh garden salad are your options at Bennigan?s.

Boston Market has several vegan options, including the steamed vegetables, zucchini marinara, tossed salad (without the croutons and dressing), apple cobbler, chunky cinnamon applesauce, cranberry walnut relish, and fruit salad. The servers will also happily customize sandwiches upon request.

Bruegger?s Bagel Bakery has several breakfast and lunch options for vegans, including its blueberry, chocolate chip, cinnamon sugar, cranberry orange, pumpernickel, and rosemary olive oil bagels, which can be topped with fresh vegetables, Dijon mustard, or vegan hummus spread. Bruegger?s also serves several vegetarian sandwiches, which can be made vegan by leaving off the cheese and dressing.


Burger King?s BK Veggie??a flame-broiled vegetarian burger?enjoyed a successful introduction. Each time a Burger King customer sees ?BK Veggie?,? it is a reminder that ?having it your way? doesn?t have to mean taking a bite out of Bessie.

The French fries, hash-brown nuggets, breadsticks, English muffins, and CrissCuts at Carl?s Jr. are all vegan. In the restaurant, there is an all-you-can-eat salad bar that offers a variety of fresh vegetables and a three-bean salad that can be topped with fat-free Italian dressing. Carl?s Jr. also offers Great Stuff? baked potatoes, which can be ordered with all-vegetable margarine.

The grilled portobello mushroom sandwich and Boca burger are vegan at Cheeburger Cheeburger, which can be found throughout the Midwest and the South and on the East Coast.

Cheers offers a vegan veggie burger. Load it up with all the fixings for a filling meal.

At Chili?s, you can have the tostada chips and salsa as appetizers, followed by the veggie quesadillas?replacing the cheese and sour cream with extra vegetables?or the Cadillac Fajitas without the meat.

Chipotle offers a vegetarian fajita burrito, but be sure to order it with black beans?the pinto beans are cooked with bacon.

The pizza sauce and dough at Chuck E. Cheese, Little Caesars, and Papa John?s are vegan, while Pizza Hut uses vegan sauce, and its Thin ?n Crispy and dessert crusts are vegan. By omitting the cheese and choosing your favorite vegetable toppings, you can easily make a delicious vegan pizza.

Cici?s Pizza is inexpensive and will deliver to your home. Just be sure to ask about the vegan status of each item on your pizza. Cici?s also offers a pasta-and-salad buffet with many vegan options.

The Broiled Portobello Stack at Claim Jumper is vegan if you ask for an unmarinated portobello mushroom.

Coco?s offers a delicious Boca burger that?s vegan if you order it without the mayonnaise.

A hot veggie sub is your vegan option at Cousin?s Subs.

The Daily Grill, located throughout California, offers a vegan grilled vegetable plate.

Even Denny?s?known for its traditional breakfasts, lunches, and dinners?has some vegan options. Denny?s vegan foods include oatmeal, English muffins, bagels, grits, applesauce, fresh fruit, vegetable plates, seasoned French fries, baked potatoes with several vegetable toppings, garden salads with light Italian or oil-and-vinegar dressing, and sandwiches that can be made with several vegetable options. It also serves a vegetarian burger.

5 & Diner has several vegan options, including a vegetarian burger and the Veggie Delight.

The vegan option at Flamers Grill is the Veggie Pattie.

Hard Rock Cafe offers a vegetarian burger, a veggie sandwich, and salads.

You have several vegan options at Hard Times Café, including the Café Veggie Burger and the Veggie Chili. Be sure to tell your server that you don?t want any dairy products in your Veggie Chili.

Harvey?s, with locations in Canada, offers a vegan veggie burger.

Houston?s offers a veggie plate and the Vegetarian Burger. Just be sure to order the burger on vegan bread.

Swing by a Petro truck stop and you?ll find the Iron Skillet restaurant, where you can refuel with the stacked salad bar and spaghetti with meat-free sauce.

The Garden Po? Boy, the Portobello Wrapini, and the Spinach Veggie Wrap are your vegan options at Jason?s Deli. Be sure to ask about the vegan status of each of these dishes?it varies by location.

John Harvard?s offers a grilled portobello mushroom sandwich and a veggie burger. Be sure to check the vegan status of your choice when ordering.

Johnny Rockets features the Streamliner, a vegan Boca burger with grilled onions, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and mustard.

Kelsey?s, with locations in Canada, has several vegan options, including Kelsey?s Vegetable Burger, the Roasted Vegetable Wrap, and the Vegetable Fajita. The vegan status of these dishes varies by location, so be sure to check with your server when ordering.

Macaroni Grill has several vegan options, including all the pastas with garlic and oil and its Capellini Pomodoro. Try these tasty bites without the cheese: Tomato Bruschetta and Penne Arrabbiata. When opting for a salad, choose the house or garden without the cheese and top it with the restaurant?s balsamic vinaigrette, Italian dressing, or roasted-garlic vinaigrette.

All of Manhattan Bagel?s bagels are vegan, except for the jalapeño cheddar cheese and egg varieties, and its bialys?a flattened onion-and-poppy-seed bagel?are also vegan. The Manhattan Grille and Vegetable Garden sandwiches can be made on a bagel, a roll, or a tortilla and are vegan if you omit the spreads and cheese.

To keep up with the times, McDonald?s is offering a McVeggie burger in California and New York City. This is a trial run, and support for this tremendous addition is vital so that the rest of the world can also have access to this quick, animal-friendly burger. No animals were harmed for this burger?talk about a ?happy meal?!

The Veggie Stack sandwich is your vegan option at Mimi?s Café, which is located on the West Coast and in the Midwest.

All of Moe?s tacos, fajitas, salads, and burritos can be made vegan by substituting tofu for meat and skipping the cheese. Just be sure to ask for a vegan tortilla.

O?Naturals, a restaurant chain in New England, offers healthy, all-natural fast food for diners who want great food to go. Its menu features a large vegetarian selection, and vegan items are marked for easy identification.

A great place for bagels, breads, soups, salads, and sandwiches is Panera Bread. A bagel with roasted garlic hummus is one vegan possibility. Each location varies its menu options, so just ask about the vegan options before ordering.

P.F. Chang?s is one of the most vegan-friendly restaurant chains around. Its vegetarian menu is terrific, and everything can be made vegan, from appetizers such as Tofu Lettuce Wraps to entrées like Orange Peel Tofu.

Located throughout Florida, Pollo Tropical offers Caribbean-inspired fast food, including several vegan options such as the Vegetarian TropiChop entrée. Other vegan items include Balsamic Tomatoes and Bananas Tropical. The chain?s black beans, French fries, white rice, yellow rice, boiled yucca, and corn are vegan too.

Pyramid Brewery offers a Boca burger that can be substituted for any nonvegan burger on its menu. The Margarita Pizza is also vegan.

A great alternative to Subway is Quiznos Subs. It offers a veggie sub that?s filled with guacamole, black olives, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, and mushrooms?just be sure to order it without the cheese and ask for the balsamic vinaigrette instead of the red wine vinaigrette. Grab a side garden salad and some potato chips, and your stomach will be appeased in no time.

The Natural Burger without the Safari Sauce and the Morningstar Garden Grill are the vegan options at Rainforest Café.

If you stop at Roy Rogers, you?ll find baked potatoes, sides of veggies, and a salad bar. And its mashed potatoes are vegan if you forgo the gravy.

Ruby Tuesday offers a fabulous veggie burger that?s vegan if you leave off the mayo and cheese. It also offers a yummy veggie burger wrap and has a terrific salad bar.

Shari?s offers a flame-grilled Gardenburger as its vegan option.

Subway?s Veggie Delite?on Italian bread and without cheese and mayo?is delish! Want to spice things up a bit? After visiting Subway, visit the nearest grocery store, purchase some fake lunch meats, and load up your sub!

Ohio?s Swenson?s Drive-In offers the Veggie Special.

Several of Taco Bell?s dishes can be veganized simply by omitting a few ingredients. The 7-Layer Burrito can be vegan with five layers?just forgo the cheese and sour cream. The tacos, nachos, and Mexican pizzas are vegan when you ask the cashier to hold the meat, cheese, and sour cream. Or stick with the bean burrito without the cheese.

Tubby?s, with locations in Michigan, has the vegan Hot Veggie Stir-Fry Sandwich.

Village Inn has a Boca burger that is vegan if ordered without mayonnaise and cheese.

Head to Wendy?s for a plain baked potato, the Deluxe Garden Salad with red Italian dressing and no cheese, or French fries. You can also ask for a veggie sandwich, which includes everything that would normally be on the burger except the meat?there?s even a button for it on the cash register.


World Wraps, with locations in Washington and California, offers its vegan customers the Tofu and Mushroom Teriyaki and the Bombay Curry Veggie.

I find this to be helpful:

http://www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/OtherIn fo/Fast-Food-Template.htm

You can click on whatever places you want below the Applebees info.  I was grossed out to find this:  "Dunkin Donut Bagels contain an ingredient L-Cysteine, which they have stated is made from duck feathers."

Ew, much?

One thing that you should be careful about when eating out is cross contamination. I've worked at a lot of restaurants as a server, and if a cook is busy, they usually don't care, they won't clean the grill between cooking sausages, and then cooking your veggie burger. Or they will use the same utensils. Also, most places only use one deep fryer, so if you were to have fries or something, it will be cooked in the same basket and oil as the chicken strips. I think it's usually better to just eat at home, or at least somewhere that you can see them prepare your food.

To add to lorilie's fantastic list, a St Louis chain called Crazy Bowls and Wraps has some very tasty vegan items. 

I am omnivore, my wife is vegetarian.

One day I asked my wife why the split pea soup was yellow instead of green.  I thought peas were green.  So I read the can and in the middle of the ingredients was lard.  My wife hasn't eaten it since.  I don't remember what brand it was, sorry, but you better check your cans!

What about if you have to take prescription medicine? I don't know if mine is coated in gelatine. It's not a capsule.

-Ceaser Salad Dressing ((watch for anchovies))
-Some Raman noodle packets
-Skittles
-Dannon Light Fit Yogurt
-Cheescake ((geltain??))
-BK Veggie Burgers & Buns are made with egg whites/dairy  (non vegan)
-Taco Bell Sour Cream ((gelatin))
-Barbeque Baked Lays are made with Chicken Fat
-Lme Tostitos have dairy in them (non vegan)
-McDonalds Fries ((beef broth))
-Packaged rice/pasta mixes ex.Rice a roni ((animal broth))
-Sour Cream
-Watch For "isinglass" in processing foods/drinks
-Hostess 100 calories packs
-Caeser Salads ((anchovies))
-worstechire sauces

((PLEASE ADD ON!))

Allright, so I kinda gathered everyones info and put it into an actual list. I am gonna print it off and kinda keep it with me or keep it on a fridge just as a reminder.
I just recently became a vegetarian ((semi...hard to explain)) and I am slowly working my way into veganism. Hopefully I will be a vegan in about 1-2 years. Yeah I know, thats a really long time.
Anywho I gotta question...

I go to this lunch program and there is usually meat and I usually refuse food, but I feel really rude. ((me and my best friend volunteer there and she is a vegetarian too)) and sometimes they make us noodles for us. But it was chicken noodles. I feel really bad refusing it, but I felt guilty, and since I wasnt really sure if it was a bad food, I ate it.
BUT
What is bad about it? What is chicken and beef broth made of??? The actual animal?
I am steering clear of it now, but I'd just like to know
Thanks

Well, the old-fashioned way to make chicken or beef broth is to take a bunch of meat and bones and veggies and simmer them a long time so their flavour soaks into the water. I think food factories use the same basic process. Not very vegetarian.

Eeewwww
Thanks for the info.
I know I'll be sticking away from that now.
It seems I've got a lot more research to do.

Nancy's is a great brand of yogurt.  They even have individual packs with fruit on top to add to it.  For a super tasty treat I just get the big ole bucket of nancy's, scoop out a serving, add brown sugar and granola (in the health food section of my local store).  Mix and eat, yummm!!!

Cup-o-noodles now offers "vegetarian" vegetable noodles.  Actually SAYS vegetarian on it.

I'm so grossed out by the whole taco bell thing.  I've been veggie for 3 years now and I have been eating it unknowingly.  Why the heck do they have to add gelatin!! EW!

I second the person who said always ask if a restaurant serves their refried beans with lard/animal fat and always ask your asian restaurant not to use fish/oyster sauce.  Don't just say "are there meat/animal products in the dish?"  Because so many people don't consider fish animals.  I mean.. since when did fish grow from the ground?

OH, Trader Joes sells really good miso soup... One problem.  Clam extract.  *barf*  I was in rural Alaska and someone sent me a bunch of packets of it without the box (easier to ship).  I loved it and asked someone else for more and she sent the part of the box with the ingredients.... ACK!

Kids fruit snacks.. some have gelatin and some have carnuba wax (veggie friendly).  Always check the ingredients.

I love hot tamales and sweedish fish.  Yum.  Also, a lot of asian markets sell "gel" stuff that is made with seaweed extract (agar-agar).  We get those for my son's lunches.  Nice and small treat.

Okay, done now ;)

I think all vegetarians have been tricked by hidden 'gelatin' and 'high fructose corn syrup' ingredients. I can't preach any more than to beware of that and ALWAYS read the LABELS. =D

Even supposed natural juices have them...

hey just wonderin guys... is there anything in mcdonalds veggie?!?

i heard the milkshakes had chicken fat in :( can some one confirm it?

and what about mcflurry's?

I knew high fructose corn syrup was evil, but it's not even vegetarian?? What's this, bell pepper? At least here in Canada we see a lot less of it - sugar costs a third what it does in the States so the economics are completely different.

geltain!!?? What is it!?  I thought it was just crap that got thick...like in jello?

gelatin is extracted from the parts of an animal carcass besides the meat. I've made chicken broth from scratch in the bad old days, using meat and bones, and the soup gelled when I chilled it - high gelatin content. No the least bit vegetarian.