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08-22-2007, 07:16 PM
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 |  Question for Vegans
Do you consider synthetic food ingredients vegan? For example Acesulfame K. "Acesulfame K an artificial sweetener derived from acetoacetic acid. Acetoacetic acids are produced from the oxidization of alcohol, which is produced from the fermentation of grain, a plant source." But, if its made in a lab, through chemical reactions, is it still vegan? What about genetically modified foods? |
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08-22-2007, 07:33 PM
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There are arguments against synthetic foods, and against genetically modified ones, but they aren't automatically non-vegan. | |
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08-22-2007, 07:34 PM
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I would say it's still vegan according to the definition of that term. Still, many vegans are such as much for the health aspects as for animals and so I would imagine would avoid things like this as well. I don't personally like ingesting chemicals that much because I think they are responsible for many of our current health problems. As for gm foods, I just get creeped out by them. I feel it will be a while before we can understand the full ramifications of messing with our food in these ways. But that's just me. So, vegan = yes. Good food choice = no/possibly not. I wonder how everyone else sees this? |
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08-22-2007, 08:22 PM
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Synthetic foods from plants origin are safe for vegans. If you buy a food and in it, you find an ingredient from animal origin then it is not recommend for vegetarians although there are some ingredients manufactured artificially which have animal origins though. |
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