• booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    1 month ago

    And 4 of these can be non-vegan too

    If I can’t see an ingredients list or talk to a chef who knows what veganism is then I just assume it’s got animal products no matter what it is

    • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      1 month ago

      I’m presuming both forms of chips can be non-vegan due to the potential of being cooked in animal fats, what’s potentially wrong with the salad and/or beer?

      • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        1 month ago

        Not only animal fats, I’ve seen chips that had milk listed as an ingredient. But yeah for fries it’s mostly the possibility that there’s animal fat involved.

        Salads often have dressings with dairy ingredients, or just straight up have cheese thrown in

        Alcohols are often processed with animal products, like isinglass (made of fish bladders) which is used in clarification. Mostly a concern in wine but I think it’s used in (some?) beer too

        • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          1 month ago

          Interesting to know.

          Milk in chips has definitely thrown me for a loop because I can’t think of any reason why that would be there.

          • g_g [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            1 month ago

            the one that gets me is when there are milk products in spicy chips like…? doesn’t milk denaturize capsaicin? you’re making the chips less spicy by doing that, you absolute clowns

            • blackris@discuss.tchncs.de
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              1 month ago

              Some chips (at least in germany) contain sweet whey powder. It enhances the taste and is sadly often used in sweet paprika chips. I don’t think, it will have too much effect on the spiciness

        • Ithorian [comrade/them, null/void]@hexbear.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          1 month ago

          isinglass is rarely used in beers any more, not only is it more expensive, in the US the micro brew crowd has a significantly higher number of vegans than the general population so nobody wants to lose that business. In Europe isinglass doesn’t conform to purity laws for countries that have them. Unless you’re drinking a milk stout ( or sometimes a chocolate stout, but they’re mostly just brewed with cocoa nibs) there’s a >99% chance your beer is vegan.

          • barf@vegantheoryclub.org
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 month ago

            Unfortunately some sours are started with dairy yogurt (Oakshire Brewing in the US does this for all theirs), and there was a quick trend of lactose IPAs. Generally these things are outlined on the label, but not always. Worth a check whenever you’re considering a sour, at least.