Noooooo

[Char-x]

I'm a vegetarian (not vegan) and I just had a Vitality and I've had about five before in the last few months - pressuming they were vegetarian! They aren't

It does say on the back "not suitable for vegetarian" which is good of them to point it out but I never have yoghurts and thought of them as vegetarian. Damm. A year of being a vege has now gone to waste.

[Tophica]

Ive done that before. I have been offered sweets and only to realize after taking one bite that they have geletin(sp?) in them. I decided to spit the rest out.

[Char-x]

Yeah my mum brought me some marshmellows and when I looked it said gelatin so I spat it out into the full bag haha opps Luckerily I'm not a big sweet eater and my favourites were Haribo and I havent had them because obviously they are just coloured gelatin. But blurgh I hate it when this happens. I might just scrap this year of being veggie and start today and be 100x more careful !

[wickedrodent]

That happened to me about a year ago (March 9th).. I had been a vegetarian for almost 2 years and suddenly realized one day, while popping an altoid into my mouth, that there was gelatin in them. That was my first and last thing of altoids (but I had already eaten most of them). From then on I read the ingredients on EVERYTHING.. I started over from then.. So.. One more month and I will have been a vegetarian (completely) for a year! Woot! I can't wait until March 10th.. I am going to try and convince my grandparents to go with me to eat downtown at a Vegan restaurant..

[guineapigluver1]

Marshmellows have gelatin in them?! Oh boy, I have eaten some since becoming a vegetarian! I feel sick now! Okay, from now on I'm looking at the ingredients on everything!!

[I<3MyBabies]

Its not a waste --

I think its honestly stupid when people say things like that, no offense.

You are a vegan for the purpose of taking a stand, saving animals, ect.

And guess what? You have and you do. Each and every day. How is that possibly a waste? Seriously. Yeah, so what, you didn't know it wasn't vegetarian -- so now you know. But don't demean all the dedication and work you have put into this kind of lifestyle for the past 2 years.

And plus, just because you fudge once or twice and even 10 times, it doesn't mean you aren't a vegetarian anymore at "you have to start over", that is just plain silliness. You are a vegetarian at heart and in life. Everyone messes up once in a while. But don't demean all the work and sacrifice you have put into it.

I know this seems passionately state, because it is. It upsets me when people say such things. I am a vegetarian and I am proud of it. Do I screw up and eat dairy every time and again --yep. But that doesn't make my sacrifices and hard work a waste.

Try thinking of all the good you have done instead of saying its a "waste" because its nothing even close to a waste.

[gpigluver14]

Please don't think of it as a waste! Just cutting a little meat out of your diet helps a lot, so it wasn't a waste just because of a little mistake. Don't worry, there have been many times where that has happened to me. I would eat something before reading the ingredients, or continue eating something because I assumed it would be vegetarian. For example a candy I had already eaten turned out to have gelatin in it, a brand of mints I would eat had it, and frosted Pop-Tarts which I would eat often! ...... Sure, I felt guilty and a little disappointed, but look at the difference you're making as a whole! Your life style as a vegetarian is saving animals, and a little mistake here and there isn't going to change that.

[Char-x]

Thanks, but I'm just a perfectionist and yes it may seem stupid and I will still tell people I've been a vege for that year but I just kind of know I haven't been a particularry good one because god knows what else I have eaten that has had geletin in it and that I have presummed okay.

[cowgirl411]

Hey Char-x, I have had that problem with yogurt and marshmellows also. And I thought I would tell you so you wont be discouraged.......some yogurt has Kosher Gelatin in it. And that is fine for a vegetarian to eat. Just thought I should point that out.

[Sammy and Peanut]

What is in gelitan that makes them not vegetarian?

[PiggieMamaKelly]

Kosher gelatin is not vegetarian.

[gpigluver14]

What is in gelitan that makes them not vegetarian?

Gelatin is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue. It commonly comes from cows, pigs, and horses.

Kosher or not, it's NOT vegetarian.

[cavyinhawaii]

Originally Posted by Char-x

Yeah my mum brought me some marshmellows and when I looked it said gelatin so I spat it out into the full bag haha opps Luckerily I'm not a big sweet eater and my favourites were Haribo and I havent had them because obviously they are just coloured gelatin. But blurgh I hate it when this happens. I might just scrap this year of being veggie and start today and be 100x more careful !

Check out the candy at your local health food store. There is a gelatin made that is vegan.I have a vegan store here on the island. There are lots of good candies that are veggie and vegan. You can even get vegan marshmallows. They are bigger and square but good.

[cavyinhawaii]

Sorry double post so I erased it. My computer is a little crazy today.

[Sammy and Peanut]

You mean gelatin as in Jello?

[bunnys n pigs]

Originally Posted by Sammy and Peanut

What is in gelitan that makes them not vegetarian?

Crushed cow bones I`m pretty sure.

[veganmunkee]

i've been a vegetarian for 10 years 4 months. vegan on and off for about 9 years. and apparently, i accidently ate sausage stuffing for thanksgiving leftovers the year before last.... the good news is i didn't get sick... and to be honest... it tasted like plain stuffing... weird. did i stop saying i was veggie? nope. i've had chicken broth soups by mistake a LOT! french fries cooked in lard. it's hard cuz it's everywhere... but you go and u look at the big picture.... and it's ok... because you're trying your hardest! congrats to everyone hear for taking that first step and the many steps after!

[PhoenixFeather]

Originally Posted by gpigluver14

Gelatin is a translucent, colourless, brittle, nearly tasteless solid substance, extracted from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue. It commonly comes from cows, pigs, and horses.

Kosher or not, it's NOT vegetarian.

S[FONT=helvetica,arial]ome Kosher "gelatins" are made with agar-agar (seaweed), and are thus vegetarian. But some are just made from kosher animals.[/FONT]

[cavyinhawaii]

Originally Posted by Sammy and Peanut

You mean gelatin as in Jello?

Gelatin is the main ingredient in jello besides sugar and color.

[My Baby Mu]

There are some yogurts that are vegetarian with no sort of geletan. For marshmellows they make a marshmellow creme that is vegetarian. Both of these I get at Walmart.