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Puzzled... :-S

I have a food container here, just been looking at ingredients details, sugar, calories fat etc and next to these listed ingredients is a small green disc with what appears to be a leaf in the centre and underneath disc logo it say Vegetarian.

Explanation needed please , (I'm having a blond moment). :-D

it means its suitable for vegetarians and doesnt contact any meat fish

Afternoon Hayley,
Now that is exactly what I thought, it seemed so obvious, but I never thought of "Eggs" as coming under the vegetarian category.

Nor me, sorry that should say contain not contact, I am not a veggie so dont know what they like or dont like to eat, I always thought it was vegans that didnt eat eggs...

Jimbob..........throw it away and open a tin of spam. :-D

Too late Prickles,

I already ate the box , scrambled on toast.. :-D

PH.........i thought you got rid of spam :-D :-D

In the case of eggs Jiminy, it might be that they are guaranteed 'free range' and therefore approved by the vegetarian society, and carry the symbol :-D

Different producers/ supermarkets use different symbols. edit, just looked at a few packs of food in my freezer lol they vary from a V with 'vegetarian society approved' on, green tick with "vegetarian", just a 'V', and my eggs are 'freedom food' ( from the Co op) .

Yes, sure Hayley is right. Vegans don't eat eggs. But if you see V=Vegetarian dishes in restaurants, omelettes are always marked thus. But ingredients within omelette need to be meat free. And in Morrisons, the vegetarian breakfast contains eggs.

My daughter has been a vegetarian for years - she eats eggs and cheese and even a little chicken and fish occasionally. Her stance is that "I do not like eating anything with a pretty face". So guess that is how she wriggles out of her occasional chicken and fish, which in fairness she only eats on high days and holidays.

I think you`re right Hayley.
I reckon many of us tend to lump Vegans and Vegetarians as the same. :-D

(ie...No meat or products of)

FLMAO well watta'yer know ....... :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


edit.....we posted at the same time JC...

But then again, aint the contents of an egg a meat product ;-) :-S

My friends daughter is a vegetarian

I call her "Boil in the bag" :-D

Scrambled box on toast, Jimbobs. Sounds tasty (or am I having one of me blonde moments!) :-D

Hope you dont mean Bum Bag Prickles, a boil there could be very embarrassing and painful.

:-D :-D

From Wiki, JC:
"Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from consumption of meat (red meat, poultry and seafood). It may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter, such as animal-derived rennet and gelatin.[2][3]

Vegetarianism can be adopted for different reasons. Many object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, along with the concept of animal rights. Other motivations for vegetarianism include health, political, environmental, cultural, aesthetic and economic. There are varieties of the diet as well: an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs, and an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products. A vegan, or strict vegetarian, diet excludes all animal products, including eggs, dairy, and honey."

Think majority of vegetarians follow an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet.:-) That seems to be what restaurants and food producers mean by their labelling.

Lorra laffs Wend! :-D :-D

Umm...John, if you daughter eats meat and/or fish, even if only occasionally then she is not a vegetarian.

I must live a really sad life, going round "reading" food labels and such like.

I think I`ll have to get out more.
THAT`S IT....
I`ll get a job "reading" Gas and Electric meters, that should get me out more. :-D :-D

Yes John...........and i am Teetotal.

Well, except for high days and holidays.

Oh, and weekends.

;-)