There's no "and/or" when it comes to cake. Just "and".
Is Sainsbury's the place to buy all this vegan chocolate?
It was only and/or because I'm going to be in the same place another day, so it was just a case of choosing which to have first! Because you are absolutely right.
Also, hell no to Sainsbury's. My Sainsbury's sells shelves and shelves of stupid 'healthy' vegan crap and I have zero interest in that. In fairness, it was a Sainsbury's where we found the vegan kitkat and even my Sainsbury's has the buttermilk fake mars bar. The best place for the buttermilk bars seems to be WH Smith outlets in train stations! Sainsbury's also has the big bounty chocolate slabs so basically I need to stop raging at Sainsbury's :P
I've absolutely not answered your question really, so sorry about that...
Honestly it sounds like you all have much nicer options there than here. We only have either healthy vegan "candy" stuff or like, expensive fancy candy that's 6$ for one bite and not even worth it.
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They have to say that because of the risk of cross contamination for people with allergies or sensitivities. It means that the product itself is vegan but is made on potentially shared equipment. At least that's what it means in the US.
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It's still vegan, at least to me. It just means the equipment that makes it also makes products containing milk too. Some hardcore vegans would argue that doesn't count, just as they would argue anything made with sugar isn't vegan.
If there was actually dairy in it, it would say contains milk instead of may contain. It's basically just to cover their ass in case someone ever was super sensitive to cross contamination or if there were ever factory issues where mistakes did occur.
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Yeah, so I asked one of the vegans on here about that when I first became vegan, since bourneville ‘may contain traces of milk’ and I adore bourneville. Their very sensible argument was along the lines of increasing the accessibility of veganism. Realistically it almost certainly contains no trace of milk and if we were that strict it would make being vegan ludicrously difficult and discourage people from going vegan, which ultimately isn’t going to reduce humankind’s impact on animals/the environment.
And also yes, I did mean that bounty!
Camden, vegan stuff does tend to be pricey- that bar costs £3 and the little individual buttermilk ‘candy’ bars cost £1.50 to £2, whereas the non-vegan bar would be more in the region of 70p. But it’s not extortionate and we have a lot of choice which is rapidly expanding every month at the moment.
Yeah, so I asked one of the vegans on here about that when I first became vegan, since bourneville ‘may contain traces of milk’ and I adore bourneville. Their very sensible argument was along the lines of increasing the accessibility of veganism. Realistically it almost certainly contains no trace of milk and if we were that strict it would make being vegan ludicrously difficult and discourage people from going vegan, which ultimately isn’t going to reduce humankind’s impact on animals/the environment.
Explaining it like that actually makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks.
That type of strictness can also lead to disordered eating imo. I think it's a slippery slope if you're someone who's ever struggled with that. That's why I personally don't view sugar as non-vegan. And I wouldn't have a problem with it if someone wanted to eat honey and call themselves vegan. I don't eat honey, but if that was the only reason a product wasn't vegan, I probably would eat it. I don't like to get too into reading ingredients and labels for similar reasons.
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Does anyone have any lunch suggestions? My normal lunch has been making me sick for a while, but I don't really know what to switch to. Ideally something easy. Bonus points if I can pre-prepare it and it is gluten free but not a requirement. I typically have cereal if I eat breakfast and soup for dinner. So don't think I should have soup for two meals a day lol.
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I doubt I'll be much help here! I have hummus or jam sandwiches. But what about maybe an easy pasta with sauce that you could batch cook and use gluten free pasta if you wanted?
In Jenna news, I finally tried the dominoes vegan pizza - yummy!
Yeah, so I asked one of the vegans on here about that when I first became vegan, since bourneville ‘may contain traces of milk’ and I adore bourneville.
Rereading this is triggering me since bourneville is no longer vegan. Might post report myself.
I did try making a vegan mac n cheese. I didn't use gf pasta just because I was unsure how it was going to turn out. It's not bad but it was pretty expensive to get that amount of vegan cheese. Another friend suggested rice with beans and veggies so I might try doing that instead since rice and veggies and beans are all pretty cheap.
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Yeah, vegan cheese is pricey! I don't know how this would compare price-wise but I make a macaroni cheese (recipe courtesy of Lio!) that uses cashews and nutritional yeast to create the cheesiness, with some optional vegan cheese melted on top, if you'd like the recipe?
Would like to add that Jenna refined the recipe - I just went ‘whack these things in in quantities you deem appropriate’, which actually seemed to upset her quite a bit.
Also tried Lindts new vegan chocolate bar this morning (saw Lindt, assumed lindor, was mildly disappointed) and it was ok! Hazelnut, sorry Jenna.
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