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Originally Posted by Cynic  What's the problem dietwise with the gifts of chocolate you got over the holidays?
Chocolate is fulla' great antioxidant compounds and a great lipid profile.
100grams a day is excellent food! |
Most chocolate that people would buy as a gift would be made with dairy products (namely milk solids). Sure, you can always give them to other (non-vegan) people to eat, but I don't think that was the original intention of the gift giver.
There are some dark chocolates that aren't made with dairy products (they're usually not that pleasant to eat, depending on how high the cocoa content is), but other then that, you have to resort to specifically buying vegan chocolate, which isn't always easy depending on availability. To give you an idea, my local supermarket has about half an isle devoted to non-vegan chocolate, and about 3 small boxes of vegan chocolate (easily 1% of half an isle) tucked away in a remote area of the store.
It's ironic. I'm sure more people would be willing to try veganism if product availability was better, but before product availability can be better, there needs to be more demand for vegan foods (from people willing to try veganism).