Trying my best to list down common ingredients and what they are made up of to help vegetarian people and/or vegans.
- Rennet in cheese: Rennet traditionally extracted from animal tissues but microbial or organic rennet (plant based) are vegetarian, as I read online. If ingredients on Cheese packet just says enzymes then most likely rennet is from animal.
- https://www.formaggiokitchen.com/blog/the-rennet-story-animal-vegetable-and-microbial
- more to link...
- Lecithin: Comes from animal, plants or soy. If ingredients say Soy Lecithin then vegetarians can consume.
- Porcine enzymes: Comes from pork. Not for vegetarians.
- Gelatin: Ice creams, yogurts generally contain gelatin which comes from animal. Not for vegetarians.
- Whey: It's a byproduct of manufacture of cheese so most probably will have remains of rennet. Not for vegetarians.
- Xanthan Gum: Most of websites say it's produced by fermentation of glucose and sucrose caused by a bacteria named Xanthomonas campestris. Sometimes it's derived using Whey. So in those cases, its Not for vegetarians.
- Anchovy (Anchovies): It's a fish.
- Cellulose Gum: It comes from plants. So it's vegan.
- Guar Gum: It comes from Guan beans. So it's vegan.
Food colors: Artificial food colors for sure tested on animals. And natural food colors may be coming directly from animals or insects.
You may want to read this particular section - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal#Uses
- E129 or Red 40: It may not be extracted from animals and some websites says it's produced from petroleum or coal tar so it's proven to be very harmful especially for kids. And also some websites says these kind of food ingredients or coloring has to be tested on animals mercilessly to ensure its safe for humans. Banned in many countries in Europe
- https://veganswithappetites.com/is-red-40-vegan/
- http://www.ukfoodguide.net/e129.htm
- https://www.stopkillingmykids.com/red-40-a-colorful-killer/
- https://www.yourdailyvegan.com/2011/10/warning-what-you-dont-know-about-food-colors/
- E123: It comes from plant but banned in UK due to harmful effects.
- Yellow 6:
I will continue to update it with new findings and change the format to increase readability.
