25% of sugar is made using bones in north america.
Things to stop using
Are there things to stop using like sugar, coffee or nicotine? Not asking for my health but do those things contain animal?
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Is there a vegetarian sweetener?
Piles. Inverted cane sugar is the one that uses bones. AFAIK everything else is vegan. Then again almost all the time it just says "sugar" so you don't know. I have maple and coconut palm sugar at my house ATM.
But bones are just a by-product of the meat industry, just like manure used in organic farming. I eat organic vegetables as a vegan. And even if I didn't, if I pay taxes part of that money goes to meat farm subsidies so really it's just where you want to draw the line.
But bones are just a by-product of the meat industry, just like manure used in organic farming. I eat organic vegetables as a vegan. And even if I didn't, if I pay taxes part of that money goes to meat farm subsidies so really it's just where you want to draw the line.
There are lots of vegetarian sweeteners: turbinado sugar, beet sugar (some companies like American Crystal use beet sugar that is not processsed using bone char...I will list a link to those in a minute), stevia, coconut sugar, pure maple syrup, agave, molasses/blackstrap molasses (also very high in calcium and iron), brown rice syrup (very sticky and thick like honey), date sugar and date syrup.
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2007issue4/2007_issue4_sugar.php
I can't answer about nicotine. I think there are nonvegan ingredients in cigarettes (not to mention the butts of cigarettes often end up in the mouths and digestive systems of unsuspecting wild animals that try to ingest them because they think it is food) but I am not sure about nicotine.
Black coffee is vegan. Some people are aware of unfair labor practices and politics behind the coffee trade and will only buy fair trade coffee. I try to but can't always afford to do so. Coffee is ridiculously expensive. Wish I could quit my coffee addiction but I guess there are worse things...
http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2007issue4/2007_issue4_sugar.php
I can't answer about nicotine. I think there are nonvegan ingredients in cigarettes (not to mention the butts of cigarettes often end up in the mouths and digestive systems of unsuspecting wild animals that try to ingest them because they think it is food) but I am not sure about nicotine.
Black coffee is vegan. Some people are aware of unfair labor practices and politics behind the coffee trade and will only buy fair trade coffee. I try to but can't always afford to do so. Coffee is ridiculously expensive. Wish I could quit my coffee addiction but I guess there are worse things...
If you're in America, yeah the bone char in sugar is an issue.
Nicotine? I haven't smoked in years. But one of my reasons for not going back to it is because of the amount of animals that have been tested on, to prove cigarettes are bad for you. It makes me angry and keeps me away from cigarettes. (Though sometimes I desperately want one).
Nicotine? I haven't smoked in years. But one of my reasons for not going back to it is because of the amount of animals that have been tested on, to prove cigarettes are bad for you. It makes me angry and keeps me away from cigarettes. (Though sometimes I desperately want one).
I can't find the good list link of non bone char companies.
I get Pioneer Sugar. Just regular priced sugar, and while it doesn't say beet sugar, it's on the list of beet sugar companies.
Coffee. Really good thing to buy fair trade and rainforest alliance certified. Terrible commercial practices on rainforests. I feel very guilty about that right now because I just bought two cans of Folgers on sale with coupons. I should have just stopped. I now like so many types of teas that it wouldn't have been that hard. As a vegan I have learned some things will cost less, others more. My income dropped so much changing jobs I'm having a problem with things that cost more.
I quit smoking about 15 years ago. Hard, but the best thing I've done besides go veg'n.
I get Pioneer Sugar. Just regular priced sugar, and while it doesn't say beet sugar, it's on the list of beet sugar companies.
Coffee. Really good thing to buy fair trade and rainforest alliance certified. Terrible commercial practices on rainforests. I feel very guilty about that right now because I just bought two cans of Folgers on sale with coupons. I should have just stopped. I now like so many types of teas that it wouldn't have been that hard. As a vegan I have learned some things will cost less, others more. My income dropped so much changing jobs I'm having a problem with things that cost more.
I quit smoking about 15 years ago. Hard, but the best thing I've done besides go veg'n.
I quit smoking 5 years ago but not for health reasons but for financial reasons, at $10 a pack the tobacco companies have priced their product out of my price range, kind of a blessing in disguise, i'll never pick up that disgusting habit ever again.
This always freaked me out. :spew:25% of sugar is made using bones in north america.
Just take it as an excuse to give up sugar.... It is no good anyways.
$10?!?!?!?! I don't think cigarettes have been 10 dollars a pack here for well over a decade. I know mine used to cost about $15 (for a pack of 25). But we have pretty high taxes on cigarettes in Australia. I think they might be the highest in the world.....I quit smoking 5 years ago but not for health reasons but for financial reasons, at $10 a pack the tobacco companies have priced their product out of my price range, kind of a blessing in disguise, i'll never pick up that disgusting habit ever again.
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