...Rice and Sugar
Ok, we can do that.
...Hydrogenated Vegetbale oil
Damn. We're only down to the third ingredient and we've already hit poison! Hydrogenated oil is Vegan so we can go ahead and eat that, but read a bit about it before you decide to keep buying things off the grocery shelf. It's in more than half of the products. Look at this site for a scary explanation: http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/PartiallyHydrogenatedOils.html#pageToc1
...Natural and artificial flavor, Red 40, Yellow 6
Probably plenty of synthetic stuff there.
...Turmeric and Oleoresin (Plant based Oil and resin)
Finally, some fairly normal/natural ingredients.
...Blue 1, Yellow 5, Blue 2 and BHA
More color and Food additives
Holy cripes. Other than a few ingredients, Fruity Pebbles is either synthetic or poisonous. ("Poisonous" is a matter of opinion, but I can assure you that almost any health professional would highly recommend against ingesting Hydrogenated oils). So we can eat this cereal because it's Vegan, but at what health cost? Not only is that an issue, but many of these synthetic dyes and preservatives are tested on animals before approval or disapproval by the FDA. This is really disappointing because I love Fruity Pebbles.
Well, I'm gonna have to find a natural/organic alternative, but I guess this isn't it: http://www.nr2you.org/items/fruity-pebbles/
I'll let you know if I find one. Gonna have to have some soon.
The sugar in fruity pebbles are manufactured with bone char. It is NOT vegan.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Bone Char is not Vegan.
DeleteDid you mean to point out the part of my post that suggests that the process by which sugar is filtered for Fruity Pebbles is Vegan friendly?
That can't be the case, because I never wrote that.
The sugar, itself, contains no animal matter - at least not in any measurable level that's been reported. I essentially concluded that Fruity Pebbles is a horrific poison.
What more could you ask for?
In dietary veganism, one partakes upon no foodstuffs that are the product of animals. Bone char is the product of animals, and as a refining agent in the sugar, therefore, the sugar is made using an animal product, and therefore is not vegan as it pertains to dietary veganism. The same goes for honey, milk, and other animal products such as those, because honey nor milk contains no animal matter, it is just an animal product.
DeleteIf the sugar were made with bone char it wouldn't be kosher, but it is.
DeleteDietary Veganism would allow for products that are not from animals directly. Honey would not be included, as has been stated. The process of the sugars in Fruity Pebbles are still vegan in that the end product is not from an animal and not created by an animal. I can see where this would be an arguable subject. With that, I would ask anyone if they are aware of every step of production, from source to mouth, regarding all foods they purchase. I would bet that they are very unaware of the entire process. It's important to focus on what is beneficial for our health and at the same time, not disdain efforts to better ourselves. Research, and the sharing of information, is our collective goal.
Deletei don't care if it's not healthy. is it vegan?
ReplyDeleteEye Emoji,
ReplyDeleteAs you can see from other comments, there are processes that Post Cereals use to render their sugars for the final product. In doing so, they utilize animal parts within the process. However, as I've stated in my post, the end product does not appear, according to the ingredients list, to contain any animal products. Fruity Pebbles is vegan regarding the ingredients you would ingest when you eat it. The process by which the ingredients get to your cereal bowl, however, do include the usage of animal bone char for filtering purposes.
The issue we are dealing with deserves a post of its own. Vegan, by definition, is a lifestyle that seeks to eliminate any use of animals in the process of food or other products that we might use. Obviously, this is a very complicated issue and one that requires deep investigation. If you are 100% against the idea of animal products being used in the items that you eat, use or wear, I would suggest researching deeper into the issue. Fruity Pebbles would not fit the bill, if you are a true Vegan. See the name of my blog. You can eat Fruity Pebbles if you are avoiding animals products in dietary restriction, but it's a learning process regarding the lifestyle and the other comments about veganism are warranted. :)