Answering your question: Your sweet tooth is calling! What choice do you have but to answer, right? Unfortunately for vegans most traditional sweets aren't an option. Animal products seem to have found their way into anything and everything. Now you find yourself daydreaming about a tall glass of almond milk, sweetened with your childhood favorite, Nesquik. Wait a minute, is Nesquik vegan? After investigating the nutrition label, well, sorry to burst your bubble folks, but it looks like a no. Don't let the nostalgia distract you, take a look at the ingredients yourself.   Nesquik Ingredients sugar cocoa (processed with alkali) soy lecithin carrageenan salt natural flavor spice vitamins and minerals: sodium ascorbate (vitamin C), ferric pyrophosphate (Iron), niacinimide, zinc...

When you've chosen a vegan diet and lifestyle, you may find yourself struggling to find the right condiments to flavor your dishes. Which ones are truly safe? Is there any chance of an animal product hiding in some of your favorite foods? In some cases, the answers may surprise you. Thankfully, when it comes to ketchup, you're off the hook: ketchup is a traditionally vegan dish, which means that you can slather it on your potatoes with confidence. In fact, according to PETA, Heinz Ketchup at one time went on record as stating that no animal products could be used in the creation of the ketchup product according to FDA labeling requirements. Unfortunately, not everyone is quite so comfortable with...

Is Sorbet Vegan? Sorbet has its origins in the Near and Middle East. In the middle ages, people in countries like Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan invented a frozen dessert made with fruit and flower petals, called sharbat. Modern sorbet is quite similar to the original Ottoman dessert, but without flower petals. Sorbet is most often safe for a vegan diet. Ingredients of Sorbet Sorbet, in essence, is simply a frozen blend of fruit, water, and sugar. Many premade sorbets are, in fact, vegan. But, as we all know, commercial food manufacturers are fond of putting lots of food additives and extraneous ingredients in their products. When you look at the ingredients list of a sorbet you find at the supermarket,...

"Give me a break. Give me a break. Break me of a piece of that.." You know the rest. Kit Kats are one of the most popular candy bars around. Unfortunately, a cursory glance at a Kit Kat's ingredients list will show numerous animal products. Anyone who wants to adhere to a vegan lifestyle should stay away from Kit Kats. Kit Kat Ingredients List Here is a rundown of everything that Kit Kats are made of, so that you have a better sense of why, as a vegan, you shouldn't eat them: Sugar Wheat flour Skim milk Cocoa butter Chocolate Palm kernel oil Milk fat Lactose Lecithin (less than 2 percent) PGPR Vanillin, artificial flavor Salt Yeast Baking soda As you can...

Are Popsicles Vegan? Just like Kleenex and Q-Tips, the word Popsicle is actually a brand name that people have come to use for the product itself.  Whether you’re talking about actual Popsicles, or some kind of frozen fruit-flavored ice on a stick, the question is the same:  Are popsicles vegan? Check out our favorite organic vegan popsicles here!   Starting with Popsicle brand ice pops, if you’ve spent any time in your grocery store’s freezer section, you know that there are many different flavors of Popsicles.  But as long as it’s frozen fruit juice and sugar it’s got to be vegan, right?  Let’s take a look at the list of ingredients.   Here’s the ingredients for Orange-Cherry-Grape Popsicles.  Nothing immediately...

You know Spring is coming when you see Girl Scouts around your neighborhood selling those little green boxes of cookies.  We all have fond memories of eating our favorite Girl Scout Cookies as kids, but if you are now vegan, you may be wondering if these iconic treats are for you.  We took a closer look at one of the most popular Girl Scout Cookies, Thin Mints, to find out - and.....Thin Mints Are Vegan! Have a sweet tooth? Order some Thin Mints on Amazon, or read on for more! Thin Mints Ingredients List Enriched flour Sugar Vegetable oil Cocoa processed with alkali Caramel color Leavening Cocoa Invert sugar Cornstarch Salt Soy Lecithin Natural and artificial flavors Oil of peppermint Are...

Are Cool Ranch Doritos Vegan? Doritos are among the most popular chip on the market today, and their Cool Ranch flavor is one of the two most eaten. So are cool ranch doritos vegan? Unfortunately these chips contain lactose, whey, and nonfat milk. All of these are animal byproducts and obviously make these chips not vegan. They also contain buttermilk and cheddar cheese, two more non vegan ingredients. Just about every Dorito flavoring has some problem that makes it non-vegan, except for the "Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos" which are 100% vegan (and delicious)! These Doritos are a relatively new addition to their product line and one that is designed to be friendlier to vegans like you. This makes them an...

Like most people, vegans love crunchy snacks with a little salt and spice. But if you like your snacks more than a little spicy, you’re probably wondering about Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. These super-hot snack puffs are hugely popular, in fact, they’re Frito-Lay’s #1 seller. But are Hot Cheetos vegan? Unfortunately not, but if you are living a plant based lifestlye and want a vegan snack - check out these vegan cheese its! Flamin' Hot Cheetos Ingredients Enriched Corn Meal Vegetable Oil Flamin' Hot Seasoning Sugar Yeast Extract Monosodium Glutamate Citric Acid Artificial Color Sunflower Oil Hydrolyzed Corn Protein Cheddar Cheese Onion Powder Whey Garlic Powder Whey Protein Concentrate Buttermilk Corn Syrup Solids Salt The front of the bag says “made...