Is Vitamin water free of animals?

[FurIsForAnimals]

A friend told me that taurine was an animal derivitave. I read that it is high in content in animals, and was scared that my vitamin water may contain some muslces mass. help me bust the myth?

[Tuffenoughtoroc]

"Taurine (from Latin taurus = bull, as it was first isolated from ox (Bos taurus) bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin) or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid is an acidic chemical substance found in high abundance in the tissues of many animals (metazoa), especially sea animals. Taurine is also found in plants, fungi, and some bacterial species, but in far less abundance." wikipedia.com


Sorry. It does come from animals.

[Tommy Gun]

Correct. That's where "Red Bull" got its name. My friend was just telling me about how pretty much all vitamin water isn't vegan--I don't drink it, so I never realized that. He works at WFs and just found that out.

[Seb_0810]

I heard that taurine is often created synthetically in a laboratory, but you never know. I think another potential non-vegan ingredient in vitamin water may be may be vitamin D.

[karenM]

I don't have the email now, but a while back I wrote to ask the Glacéau (http://www.drinkbetterwater.com/)company if their VitaminWater contains any animal ingredients and they assured me it does NOT. If you don't trust them for some reason, I suppose you could avoid flavors that contain taurine. (I don't think any of their flavors have any added vitamin D.)

[ynaffit]

Correct. That's where "Red Bull" got its name. My friend was just telling me about how pretty much all vitamin water isn't vegan--I don't drink it, so I never realized that. He works at WFs and just found that out.the taurine in red bull is synthetic.

[karenlovessnow]

I thought there were different flavors of vitamin water and that some of them do not contain taurine?

[LinguistixDE]

The 3 flavors I have had do not contain taurine.

[1vegan]

A friend told me that taurine was an animal derivitave. I read that it is high in content in animals, and was scared that my vitamin water may contain some muslces mass. help me bust the myth?

I've heard in the past about a manufacturer that had the vitamins encapsuled in some fish ingredient to stablize the vitamins once they were mixed with the water (iirc)

Since then I try to avoid drinks with added vitamins

[awkndhmngbrdhrt]

i emailed vitaminwater about this a while back, and they informed me that all their flavors are vegan. however, i do understand that many companies are mistaken about exactly what vegan means -i do, however, believe vitaminwater would know by now considering how widely popular they are.

[WakeUpDormouse]

Taurine was originated from animals but is cheaper to use the synthetic version.
Most, if not just about all, use synthetic Taurine. You can usually email the company and ask if it isn't directly on the website like Red Bull is.

[*veggie4life*]

I was not aware of this, so thank you for the post/thread. Why does everything have to contain animal products!!??

[Bells]

I think another potential non-vegan ingredient in vitamin water may be may be vitamin D.

Yeah, I think I have had vitamin water a total of two times, and one of them had D3, unbeknownst to me. I was upset.

[Ferret_Mommy]

I tried one of the vitamin waters that my husband had picked up at Walmart. It tasted like plastic. Not sure if it contained taurine or not, but anything that tastes like plastic to me is never going in my system again.

[PneumaticJawz78]

Wow, is that good to know. I've been kind of wondering how the stuff tastes, but I won't be trying it now.

Anything else with Taurine in it? I don't recognize the ingredient too well, so I hope that means I haven't been skimming over it... ;)

[Medric]

Although taurine was first isolated in Ox bile in 1827, it is produced in labs now and is a major constituent of animal bile, including ours. It is also found in the lower intestines and in small amounts in our tissue.

[jenni-anti-fur]

Thanx for the heads up on this

Peace Love and Happiness

Jennifer:pibo:

[*AHIMSA*]

I wish Vitamin water made powder concentrates. :drool:

[paisleyjane]

I totally flipped out a few weeks ago when I discovered taurine comes from animals, because I use sugar-free redbull frequently to get through long study sessions.
I immediately checked the website, which assures us it's totally synthetic.
I looked into other products, and as mentioned above - nearly all taurine now days is synthetic, simply because it's cheaper to make.

BUT... that doesn't mean we shouldn't always double check!! :)

[Kiz]

I wish Vitamin water made powder concentrates. :drool:

Yeah, I love the "energy" flavour, it's like having a few shots of espresso, only you can carry it around with you in your bag.

[Insomniana]

I think another potential non-vegan ingredient in vitamin water may be may be vitamin D.

Why is that so? Where does it come from?
and: in what kind of flavors is it?

In my opinion you shouldn't drink red bull nevertheless, because "synthetic" isnt that much healthier. :P
thank god for espresso being invented! :D

[Kiz]

Taurine is not "garbage". It's a micro-nutrient vital to life. We produce our own but additional taurine is not harmful and can even be beneficial to those who may not be producing enough. Not all species produce this vital micro-nutrient. Cats, for example, need taurine in their diet or they will suffer from neurological disorders.

[SomebodyElse]

Yes and no. Any amino acid taken in excess can wreak all kinds of havoc in the body, often with brain chemistry. They may also form complexes with effects similar to those of MSG, which is also a simple amino acid complex.