{"id":58852,"date":"2016-10-18T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/?p=58852"},"modified":"2023-02-27T04:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T11:08:58","slug":"the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a world of processed foods, added sugars<\/a>, trans fats, chemical additives, and GMOs<\/a>, it can be hard to know if what your eating is vegan or not. There are actually lots of foods, which people think are vegan, but actually have animal products in them. <\/strong>We don\u2019t want you to be in the dark about these secretly non-vegan foods, so we did some digging and found some pretty surprising results. We hope this helps in your quest to keep eating a healthy, vegan diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frozen French Fries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to believe that these aren\u2019t just potatoes. Some, not all, frozen French fries are cooked in animal fat before they are frozen<\/strong>. Make sure you read the label to find out if they were. It will be beneficial to cut these out of your diet because they are loaded with chemical additives and processed ingredients<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worcestershire Sauce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This classic sauce is notoriously made with anchovies <\/strong>to achieve its flavor. There are, however, brands that don\u2019t use anchovies, which make it vegan friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While this isn\u2019t true for all chips, a lot of chips are made with pork enzymes. If you glance over the ingredients, you might miss \u201cporcine enzymes<\/strong>.\u201d Be on the lookout<\/a> for this ingredient, especially in brands like Doritos and FritoLay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orange Juice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This may be a shocker to anyone on a vegan diet<\/a>. Some orange juice brands usually enhance their OJ with omega 3<\/a>, which they derive from fish<\/strong>. You can actually get omega 3s from plant-based ingredients<\/a>. When you freshly make your juices<\/a>, though, you\u2019ll never have to worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Sugar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First off, stevia and agave syrup are way healthier options than regular sugar<\/a>. Refined sugar is not naturally white; rather, bone char<\/strong>, which is often labeled as \u201cnatural carbon,\u201d is used to give sugar the white color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Veganism<\/a> means that you don\u2019t consume anything that is a product of the animal kingdom. Since honey is a product of bees<\/strong>, it is technically not vegan, although some choose to overlook that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breath Mints<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Altoid uses gelatin <\/strong>in the production of its mints. Ingredients may not be the first things you look at when you buy breath mints, but companies can use animal products in many things. Altoid does make a vegan-friendly breath mint called \u201csugar-free smalls.\u201d It probably isn\u2019t the only brand that uses gelatin, so be on the lookout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pad Thai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you order Pad Thai<\/a> at a restaurant, it is probably made with fish sauce<\/strong> because that is a classic ingredient in the dish. If you make Pad Thai at home, you can easily omit the fish sauce without compromising the flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a pretty surprising list, right? In addition to the above foods, marshmallows, Jello (obviously), some bagels and bread, dark beer, Caesar dressing, and French onion soup all have animal products in them. Make sure you double check for animal products when you\u2019re buying food.<\/p>\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You’ll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":58853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,61],"tags":[2678,2739,2743,2837,2899,3124,5276,5817,8033,1893,2018,2041,2046,2132],"yoast_head":"\nThe 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-18T21:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-27T11:08:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Vinnie Stevens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vinnie Stevens\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not","description":"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not","og_description":"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/","og_site_name":"Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products","article_published_time":"2016-10-18T21:00:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-27T11:08:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg"}],"author":"Vinnie Stevens","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not","twitter_description":"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Vinnie Stevens","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/","name":"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Most Definitely Not","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg","datePublished":"2016-10-18T21:00:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-27T11:08:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2d65235baa6d989ad610eba0f2e5d2ba"},"description":"Processed foods and added chemicals are all around us. You'll be surprised at the fact that some foods you think are vegan are actually not.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vegan-or-not-vegan.jpg","width":720,"height":340},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/diet-nutrition\/the-8-foods-you-think-are-vegan-but-are-not\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The 8 Foods You Think Are Vegan But Are Not"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/","name":"Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products","description":"Buy the best herbal supplements, natural remedies, and herbal remedies from Dherbs. We're the #1 alternative medicine store online. \u2713 Visit and shop now!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2d65235baa6d989ad610eba0f2e5d2ba","name":"Vinnie Stevens","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/author\/vinnie\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}