Here is a list of vegetarian food items we consume on a daily basis that may not be vegetarian after all.
Bananas
If you want to have vegetarian bananas, your best bet is to go the organic way.
If you can't, then be prepared to eat bananas that are sprayed with shell-fish based pesticides. It is used to fight bacteria and extend the life of the fruit.
These pesticides are known to get infused into the fruit.
Red Candy
Those juicy red candies you have devoured all your life are not vegetarian either.
If you buy the candy and the label lists natural red dye #4 then it’s not vegetarian.
It is a dye which is technically known as carmine, which means a bunch of crushed beetles boiled in ammonia or sodium carbonate to extract red dye.
These are also found in fruit punch, yogurt and ice cream.
Hard Candy
Another sweet candy bites the dust as this liquorice hard coated candy is made from shellac.
Shellac is a resin taken from the rear of a female lac bug and is labelled as 'confectioner's glaze' in the ingredients list.
It is also used in nail polish, hairspray, fertilizer and furniture polish.
Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese
Loved by all vegetarians Parmesan cheese is technically not vegetarian.
It is made with an enzyme called 'rennet' which comes from the stomach of young lambs and calves.
But nowadays, you get cheese which are made with microbial rennet which are completely vegetarian, so read the label carefully.
Peanuts
Some peanuts brands add gelatin to the nuts so the salt and spices mix well. Gelatin comes from collagen that is taken from cow bones, hooves and connective tissues.
Best thing to do is to eat plain peanuts with salt and spices added by you. Or just buy peanuts in the shell.
White Sugar
How could sugar not be vegetarian you might wonder as it comes from sugar canes or sugar beets.
To make the refined sugar, firstly sugarcane is crushed to separate juice from pulp and then the juice is heated and crystallised.
To get the shiny white appearance juice is bleached and filtered with bone char.
Vanilla Ice cream
If you enjoy ice cream then you are probably ‘enjoying’ beaver anal glands too.
The 'natural flavour', an FDA approved food additive known as castoreum, which comes from the female and male castor sacs. It has a fragrant and musky scent.
Orange Juice
Any orange juice that says it’s healthy for your heart - that juice is not natural. Because to back-up that claim these juices have to be infused with Omega-3s which are obtained from anchovies, tilapia and sardines.
Vitamin D is also added known as lanolin, a waxy substance that is taken from sheep's wool.
If you want to drink orange juice home is the best place to make it.
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