There are tons of recipes for vegan marinara sauce, but many people want to know whether the sauce they encounter in stores and restaurants is vegan-friendly. If you’re one of … Read more
Cellulose gum or carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a widely used ingredient in food products. For this reason, many additive-conscious vegans want to know whether or not it’s derived from animals, … Read more
Teddy Grahams are a classic. Fortunately, many flavors are considered vegan by most standards. To boot, while they’re certainly no health food, they’re actually not nearly as unhealthy as other … Read more
Like other types of specialty bread, folks often ask if pita is generally considered vegan. This question is common for good reason. If going vegan meant giving up this tasty … Read more
This may sound like an odd question to some, but it does come up quite often and I have a few thoughts as to why. In short, yes gluten is … Read more
This is a great question. Anytime a food product has a unique texture, you have to wonder how the texture is achieved, and whether or not any animal products need … Read more
Traditionally, bagels were made by adding egg whites to the standard bread formula.1 But, for whatever reason, in recent times manufacturers tend not to use egg white in making bagels. … Read more
I think this question comes from folks who are not yet familiar with the differences between the various plant-based diets—vegans vs. vegetarians vs. flexitarians, etc. Is it vegan? No, eggs … Read more
I think this question comes from folks who’ve been influenced by authors like Peter Singer who at one point or another (I’m not sure what his thoughts are these days) … Read more
Guar gum is a very common additive so I get this question a lot. Guar gum, aka guaran, is a certain type of polysaccharide (complex carb) extracted from guar beans that has several useful … Read more