Obviously we don’t eat products which are the result of non-human animal exploitation, but are you willing to:
- Buy “vegan” products made using the same manufacturing equipment? (Conveyer belts for example, resulting in near certain contamination).
- Buy vegan products made by the same company which produces non-vegan products? (Buying fries from McDonalds, resulting in more capital for McD’s exploitation).
- Buy vegan products from non-vegan grocery stores? (Pretty hard to avoid for most people, especially those on low income).
Curious to know where everyone stands on this.
McDonald’s fries aren’t vegan BTW. Even though they switched from using beef tallow for frying in the 90’s they still try to replicate the flavor using a seasoning that contains (among other things) hydrolyzed milk proteins.
Edit: Okay… as multiple people pointed out, that’s apparently not universal. For such a large chain I assumed that the US’s preparation guidelines were the same as global cooking guidelines, but apparently not.
They are vegan here in Australia and a few other countries I think. I have been bitten by that when traveling overseas and not realised they weren’t.
They are in some countries, like the UK
I guess it depends on location, but in Australia, the ingredients are:
OR
It also states: