I’ll miss chocolate too much!

Don’t worry – you can get vegan chocolate, as well as vegan ice cream, vegan mayonnaise, vegan sausages, vegan yoghurt, vegan haggis… Just pop into your local health food shop – you’ll be amazed by the wide array of delicious foods and luxurious toiletries and cosmetics. If you spot something you fancy online in your Animal Free Shopper and it’s not on the shelves just ask the shopkeeper if they can order it in for you – they’re usually more than happy to oblige. Some supermarkets also have a wide range of well labelled items.

Our personal favourite chocolate is the Vegan Organica range which boasts vegan (rice) MILK chocolate (Which taste a bit like Galaxy choc) and vegan white chocolate with real vanilla pod!!!!!

What can I have on my breakfast cereal?

Soya and other plant-based milks are available in all major supermarkets and local health food shops. They come in a range of brands and flavours, so just experiment until you find the one you like best. Plant milk can be used on its own, on cereal, in cooking and in hot drinks. The acidity of coffee can make soya milk curdle, so if you’re partial to a café latte we recommend pouring loads of soya milk in very quickly – this can take a bit of practice!

Some of the more popular brands include Alpro Soya and Provamel although most supermarket chains have their own Organic versions now.

Taken from “Why Vegan?” a leaflet from the Vegan Society.

If animal rights activists use animal tested drugs they are hypocrites!

Not true.

Unless of course you can come to the natural conclusion that by working and paying taxes you are in full support of the war in Iraq and the development of a nuclear deterrent and GM Crops.

Animal rights activists have no say in what is and isn’t tested on animals. There are companies who are given grants to test soya products, natural homeopathic therapies, vitamins, water, oxygen and various other things on animals.

Obviously where avoidable most animal rights activists will avoid animal tested products e.g. Make up products, household cleaners, detergents and general pharmaceuticals and will always seek cruelty free alternatives where possible.

Just because a product or treatment is tested on animals does not mean that the product came about because of the animal testing. The animal tests are there as an insurance policy for when someone displays horrific side effects from use the company can say “Well we tested it on rats and dogs?”.

We will attempt to cover more of the issues surrounding animal tests in future posts but if you do have any questions please ask away!

Chris

What do vegans actually eat?

This question covers such a broad spectrum of foods we have put our contact number at the bottom for personalised advice.

We eat anything which is not derived from the exploitation of animals, however we do have many fantastic animal free substitutes for meats, dairy products and eggs some of which include.

The Redwoods range of all vegan products which includes, dairy free: cheddar cheese, mozzarella, (new) feta style and lots more cheeses. Meat free: mince, sausages, bacon, chicken pieces (our favourite), chicken nuggets, scampi, fish fingers, fish pate, chorizo, ham, beef, gravy and the list goes on here.

The Frys range of vegetarian (and 100% vegan) products include: Spicy Burgers, Sausages, Polony, Schnizels, Chunky Strips, Mince and various other amazing meat substitutes.

Obvious the above are just for those of you wishing to know how to replace animal products for vegan versions which can be the best way to become a vegan. Frys and Redwoods products are all very healthy and contain no artery clogging fats that are associated with animal fats.

You will find these products in most towns and cities in the UK usually in your local health food shop or food co-operative.

Obviously going vegan is a great opportunity to eat loads more fruit and vegetables as well as the meat substitutes why not try something you have never tried before and experiment with new herbs and spices.

If you want advice on where to find vegan food in your town or city please email us or ring us on 01452 539673 (tell us you came from the Vegan FAQ site though) we are glad to help out in any way we can with new vegan questions (we are up until 10pm each evening but leave us a message if you want us to ring you back).

Chris