Vegans avoid eating animal flesh and animal by-products. These include meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs and foods made by bees.
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Vegans should check food labels to make sure products don’t contain the ingredients listed above.
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Animal-based ingredients can be found in foods you wouldn’t expect to see them in. Make sure to check your labels to avoid any surprises.
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Some bakery products, such as bagels and breads, contain L-cysteine. This amino acid is used as a softening agent and often comes from poultry feathers.
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Certain varieties of Caesar dressing use anchovy paste as one of their ingredients.
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Gelatin is sometimes used when manufacturing roasted peanuts in order to help salt and spices stick to the peanuts better.
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Some fresh fruits and veggies are coated with wax. The wax can be petroleum- or palm-based.
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Some potato chips are flavored with powdered cheese or contain other dairy ingredients such as casein, whey or animal-derived enzymes.
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