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True Vegans

For those of us who really get what vegan means and DO NOT EAT HONEY. We also try to avoid buying leather, wool, silk and other animal derived products.

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The term ‘vegan’ was coined by Donald Watson in 1944 and adopted by The Vegan Society of England, founded later that year. Their definition of veganism, accepted as the decisive standard worldwide, is...

“…a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals.”

People who call themselves ‘vegetarian’ but eat fish, or ‘vegan’ but eat honey, are ‘pescetarians’ and ‘vegetarians’ respectively, and should please stop muddying the water for the rest of us.

Why Honey is Not Vegan

Vegan - Abolitionist, Arrogant, From Birth, Under 18, Fun, Havenheed Nation, Honey Free, Lonely, Raw (Men), Sexual

Vegan Products - Beauty, Clothing (Plantnoms), Fashion, Shoes

I ♥ Honeybees group

Find alternatives to your favourite foods/products before you go vegan, that way it'll be a lot easier and there's less chance of failure (though there's nothing wrong in trying several times before it sticks, which is often the case).

Do use the Oh do I miss that! group, and the dairy, cheese and egg alternatives groups.

For links to almost 2,000 other vegan-related websites, see Vegan Chat Room.

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Start Screaming Tara ;)

Started by cheryl. Last reply by Havenheed Outpost Sep 23, 2010. 19 Replies

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Comment by Fé D Rico on January 28, 2013 at 8:41am
Just in case for those who don't know. Normally white cane sugar is refined with bone char filters. Avoid!
Comment by Jonas Hellö Ⓗ on October 28, 2012 at 1:35pm

Vegan Main Office is now open for private person registry! Please join and show your support to get the vegan message out!

Comment by Richard Ⓥ Molyneux on January 15, 2012 at 6:43am

Yes, yeast, what are everyone's opinions on it's vegan status:

Yeast, like mushrooms, are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the Fungi kingdom, which in layman's terms means that yeast is not derived from animal products or classified as an animal and is thus vegan-friendly. Source

Also, 'may contain traces of...' products, are you okay with the chance of egg and dairy contamination?

Comment by Richard Ⓥ Molyneux on August 9, 2011 at 9:59am
No problem Jeff, funnily we'd just been discussing this over on the UK group.
Comment by Jeff M on August 9, 2011 at 7:44am
Wow great research Richard. Thanks for that.
Comment by Richard Ⓥ Molyneux on August 9, 2011 at 7:44am
If you've absolutely no choice(!) but to visit a high street, fast-food chain, then Burger King appear to be trying harder than some to improve their animal welfare practices.
Comment by Richard Ⓥ Molyneux on August 9, 2011 at 5:47am

Jeff's quite possibly right (though it might vary from country to county)... "McDonald’s UK French Fries are officially accredited by the Vegetarian Society" Answer to question 1, March 2011

But then again... "However, due to the design of the oil filtration system there is a small chance the 100% vegetable oil used to cook each product can come in contact with oil used to cook chicken and fish products during the oil filtering process. McDonald’s can assure you that whilst every possible precaution is taken in order to prevent cross contamination during this filtering process, we cannot guarantee this will not occur." Answer to question 2, February 2011

Comment by Al Ⓥ Evens on August 8, 2011 at 3:47pm
I Think you have to desperate to be a true vegan and eat at McDonalds!
Comment by little lily on August 8, 2011 at 5:16am
Kaya- I feel the same way.  Further, just because something is vegan, doesn't mean I should eat it.  Like I said, even the pickles have unrecognizable ingredients.  And I don't eat oil so food that's dunked in a vat of dirty oil is out of the question too.  Yuck.
Comment by Dillon Balcom on August 7, 2011 at 9:20pm
naa the treatments the same shitty  thing no matter what but i agree! just dont go there
 

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