Mark animal-free products as vegan!
The Issue
MARK ANIMAL FREE PRODUCTS VEGAN!
As a vegan, I find it very time consuming having to look at the labels of most food products and any other products each time I go shopping, even though I’m doing it for a good reason.
people will tell me to “stick to the foods I know that are vegan” which is all well and good but like those who eat meat and other things, I have a right to explore new foods and try new things. And when I do find new foods to try, it’s a constant google and label battle.
since becoming vegan I’ve found I’ve had to google pretty much each bit of food I eat to check it’s vegan as sometimes, food agencies will give animal products a different name such as “vitamin D3,” which most people would just assume is a vitamin. And although some foods may seem vegan because there’s no animal Ingredients, things like sugar may also fool you as sugar can come from animal bones. I have to google and look at labels standing in a middle of a supermarket as well as checking something does definitely not include animal products.
you know what would make this easier for all of us? If ALL products and food were simply labelled “vegan” instead of people like me having to get their phone out of their pocket each time or to read every label whenever they’re out shopping.
90% foods and products are labelled vegetarian and when I was vegetarian, I was thankful that everything was labelled and hat shopping was easier for me. So if everything is labelled vegetarian, why can we not make the next step and label all things vegan?
Veganism has spiked in numbers over the years with now 3.5 million people identifying as vegan in the UK (thank god!). Therefore, the demand for vegan food and the stopping to animal cruelty is higher than ever. But it’s just so hard to go shopping without it being too time consuming.
Labelling things vegan will allow people to simply pick up a new food product and to put it in their basket/trolley without the need to get out their phone or read every single word on the label. Not labelling things vegan may also cause confusion and mean lots of vegans may make lots of mistakes which we HATE doing. For example, certain biscuits may have no animals products in but is the sugar from animal Bones or sugar canes? Who will ever know if it doesn’t say?
Sometimes it takes me 35-40minutes to do a small basket shop as I like exploring new foods but have to check what my food has in it. With things labelled vegan, it would probably take me 15-20 minutes and I would not have to worry about what animal products may be in the new food I want to try.
If we can label things vegetarian, we can label Things vegan. Especially as food packaging is sneaky nowadays. Labelling things vegan may also help and encourage others to become vegan as the time consuming act of shopping may be putting them off. A lot of people have said they stopped being vegan because they found looking for animal-free products and food too difficult. Labelling things vegan will make parts of the “going vegan” process easier and will make people’s shopping lives easier.
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The Issue
MARK ANIMAL FREE PRODUCTS VEGAN!
As a vegan, I find it very time consuming having to look at the labels of most food products and any other products each time I go shopping, even though I’m doing it for a good reason.
people will tell me to “stick to the foods I know that are vegan” which is all well and good but like those who eat meat and other things, I have a right to explore new foods and try new things. And when I do find new foods to try, it’s a constant google and label battle.
since becoming vegan I’ve found I’ve had to google pretty much each bit of food I eat to check it’s vegan as sometimes, food agencies will give animal products a different name such as “vitamin D3,” which most people would just assume is a vitamin. And although some foods may seem vegan because there’s no animal Ingredients, things like sugar may also fool you as sugar can come from animal bones. I have to google and look at labels standing in a middle of a supermarket as well as checking something does definitely not include animal products.
you know what would make this easier for all of us? If ALL products and food were simply labelled “vegan” instead of people like me having to get their phone out of their pocket each time or to read every label whenever they’re out shopping.
90% foods and products are labelled vegetarian and when I was vegetarian, I was thankful that everything was labelled and hat shopping was easier for me. So if everything is labelled vegetarian, why can we not make the next step and label all things vegan?
Veganism has spiked in numbers over the years with now 3.5 million people identifying as vegan in the UK (thank god!). Therefore, the demand for vegan food and the stopping to animal cruelty is higher than ever. But it’s just so hard to go shopping without it being too time consuming.
Labelling things vegan will allow people to simply pick up a new food product and to put it in their basket/trolley without the need to get out their phone or read every single word on the label. Not labelling things vegan may also cause confusion and mean lots of vegans may make lots of mistakes which we HATE doing. For example, certain biscuits may have no animals products in but is the sugar from animal Bones or sugar canes? Who will ever know if it doesn’t say?
Sometimes it takes me 35-40minutes to do a small basket shop as I like exploring new foods but have to check what my food has in it. With things labelled vegan, it would probably take me 15-20 minutes and I would not have to worry about what animal products may be in the new food I want to try.
If we can label things vegetarian, we can label Things vegan. Especially as food packaging is sneaky nowadays. Labelling things vegan may also help and encourage others to become vegan as the time consuming act of shopping may be putting them off. A lot of people have said they stopped being vegan because they found looking for animal-free products and food too difficult. Labelling things vegan will make parts of the “going vegan” process easier and will make people’s shopping lives easier.
This CAN be changed! Sign if you agree!
thank you
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Petition created on 23 August 2018