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| newtothis
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 4 |
is bread vegan? Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM Is there any bread (store bought) that is vegan? Everything I have seen seems to have milk or eggs in it? |
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VeganRecipeGuy
 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 131 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 1:47 PM Some of the things on this list are a little "junkie" but they are all vegan: http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/VeganShoppingQS-BakedGoods.asp?Category=Baked%20Goods I believe most Food For Life brand breads are vegan, but always check labels.
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| shanna
Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM yep! but most grocery store brands are not vegan (and even the ones that are may have junk like chemical dough conditioners and preservatives, etc.). so read labels until you find a few you like. here is some info i posted in another thread (about a week ago, so it's pretty buried!):
most dried pasta doesn't contain eggs. fresh pasta usually does. bread it depends. susan listed some guidelines in another thread, about how much fiber to look for, etc. but i like Vermont Bread Co. or The Baker or Eziekiel Sprouted brands. (sometimes the Eziekiel ones are in the freezer section.) a quick way to check for dairy and eggs is to look at the allergens statement at the end of the ingredients. a lot of commercial bread is full of junk though. i go for ones with 5 or fewer pronounceable ingredients, whole grain as the first ingredient, and (obviously) no animal ingredients. If you don't see any suitable bread in your store, check the FREEZER. Bread without preservatives is often kept there. You can keep it frozen or thaw it and keep it in your fridge if you plan to eat it within a week. And here are the guidelines Susan Levin posted on the 5-days till the Kickoff thread of yore:
There are so many brands out there, so let me offer some guidelines instead. When looking for a good bread, check the fiber content. If it has around 3 grams of fiber per slice then that's a pretty darn good bread, higher fiber is even better! Check the ingredients and make sure they are vegan (i.e., no milk, no whey, no egg). As for cereal, of course make sure it is vegan, but I like to aim a little higher with fiber - around 5 grams per serving.
Remember there is also the old-fashioned one-ingredient cereal, oatmeal. Other whole grains can be heated and served for breakfast as well, amaranth for example. If you find some brands that fit the bill, be sure to share with the group. Susan Levin, MS, RD |
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| serenevannoy
Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 294 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 2:07 PM When I don't make my own bread (I do make most of it), I usually stick with sourdough french bread, because that's almost always vegan. Serene Vannoy, Oakland, CA |
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| mommyof2nc
Joined: 12/31/09 Location: North Carolina Posts: 172 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM Yeah, I make all of our bread and the sourdough I make is the only one that's already vegan - the others I have to substitute dry soy milk and/or egg replacer in order to make them vegan. So, just to make it easy, I'd probably go with a sourdough bread if I had to buy some at the store. Double check the ingredients though - I saw some a couple of months ago that had a ton of stuff in it that shouldn't have been in there. Real sourdough only has a few ingredients - flour, water, starter, salt and sometimes oil, depending on it's texture. I also have to add a little yeast to mine but that's mainly because I don't usually have 12 hours to wait for it to rise before I can bake it. LOL |
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| donny55
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 3 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 4:04 PM Ezekiel bread is vegan. |
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| Cosmos
Joined: 01/01/10 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 14 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 1:12 AM I buy wholewheat vegan bread from my neighborhood bakery. It costs more but is so good and so much healthier than most that I don't mind splurging. Hopefully I will eventually get around to baking it myself. |
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| perkat13
Joined: 01/07/10 Posts: 3 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 10:32 AM Are you considering honey as a non vegan ingredient, because I have some great options if you eat honey. Our problem with grocery store whole wheat breads is the added oils. |
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| newtothis
Joined: 01/06/10 Posts: 4 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 12:27 PM Thanks everyone, this was really helpful! And I am new to vegan so I'm open to honey - is it is vegan... |
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| serenevannoy
Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 294 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM Honey's not vegan, but I've had good luck using agave syrup (which is expensive) or sugar and water (which is not). See http://www.foodsubs.com/SyrupsHoney.html for a list of substitutes. Serene Vannoy, Oakland, CA |
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| VeganRecipeGuy
Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 131 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 12:39 PM honey isn't vegan because it exploits living creatures. Unlike eggs and milk, however it is NUTRITIONALLY plant based. If you have a philosophical problem with exploiting animals, then honey is out. Also, since almonds are exclusively pollenated with commercial bees, we should stop eating those and drinking almond milk. Also citrus fruit is now out.... **snicker**
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| serenevannoy
Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 294 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 12:46 PM Honey isn't purely plant-based--it includes products of the animal's body, which means it's not vegan, so while you snicker at drawing that line, it's a line many vegans draw. I think it's fine for someone to draw the line elsewhere, but I don't like the idea of mocking those who draw it at honey, or of making a reductio ad absurdum argument, as you have, in order to snicker at someone else's boundaries. Serene Vannoy, Oakland, CA |
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| VeganRecipeGuy
Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 131 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 12:51 PM I didn't snicker at drawing the line, I snicker that no matter where you draw it, somebody is going to say you aren't "vegan" enough. The funny part, is that there is a never-ending line of logic that can keep you in intellectual flux. I have posted elsewhere in this forum that I don't use honey. I wasn't mocking anyone. Nobody here is 100% vegan. If you saw a movie, it was filmed on celluloid, if you ate a cheerio, you ate some bug parts. If you drank almond milk, you traded on the slave labor of bees. If you ride a bike well...there are those pesky tires....
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Wild4Stars
 Location: Florida Posts: 832 |
RE: is bread vegan? Posted Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 7:12 PM I AM a vegan as far as possible and practical. Vikki ~ Wild4Stars@gmail.com |
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