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Is it ok for vegans to eat flour-based food?
Flour is produced out of grain. Grain is kept in silos. And it takes lots of effort to keep the silos safe from pests and rodents.
So how is it considered vegan to eat food whose production requires dozens (hundreds?) of mice/rats to be killed (by…
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Is there a vegan or vegetarian instant noodles?
In Australia, but don't mind global suggestions. I have tried looking for some good noodles that are decent and are on the hot and spicy side of the flavour scale.
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How is vegan butter made solid?
In the past, people switched to margarine thinking it was healthier than butter but then studies on trans fatty acids found in margarine suggested otherwise.
Given that history, I was wondering if anyone knows what manufacturers of vegan "butter"…
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Which countries have the highest number of vegans?
Which countries have the highest number of vegans? And which has the highest percentage of vegans?
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If vegans don't drink milk, why are they okay with breastfeeding?
Why is it that some vegans don't use dairy products, but still breast-feed their babies? Isn't this same idea of a mother cow breastfeeding their babies?
Is it about animal cruelty, animal product (but human product is fine), or is there some other…
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What are the reasons people switch from vegetarianism to veganism?
Many vegans I know have been vegetarians for some time, before switching to veganism.
What are some reasons for this? Why not going straight to veganism? Also, are there any benefits for not becoming vegan from the start?
EDIT: While this question…
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What traditional dishes are the easiest to order vegan at a Korean restaurant?
When ordering at a traditional Korean diner or barbecue restaurant, which dishes can normally be modified to be vegan? I know that many Korean soups often have seafood as a base, even if tofu is the primary protein.
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Are most pizza doughs from chain restaurants vegan?
Assuming you can find a delivery place that offers vegan cheese substitutes or dairy-free flatbreads, is it safe to assume that the restaurant's dough recipe is vegan? What ingredients should you ask about?
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Any website to search for foods high in a particular nutrient?
USDA.gov has removed their Food Composition Database through which you were able to search for list of foods high in particular nutrient, such as potassium, vitamin C, etc., and their new Food Data Central does not enable that.
I know that…
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How can I make thick and creamy vegan curd or yogurt?
How can I make a thick and creamy vegan curd or yogurt at home?
Here in South India the temperature is very suitable for fast fermentation, but I am not sure which ingredients or fermenting agents to use.
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Is boiling oil seeds and oleaginous fruit as effective as soaking them overnight in cold water?
Those seeds are the base for vegan cheese preparation.
In the process of experimenting with making my own vegan cheese, I am wondering whether soaking is equivalent to boiling in this context, since boiling oilseeds and oleaginous fruits for a short…
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How do I avoid explaining veganism?
Because of work reasons I often share meals with different people every other week or so (such as customers, etc.) More often than not, either by refusing food or simply because of the contents of my plate, people notice that I am vegan. This is of…
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How to avoid being part of the slaughter of cockerels on the free-range egg farms?
Most of the eggs that are consumed are infertile. However would eating eggs from certain farms would increase kills of the male chickens (cockerels)? By killing, I mean brutally slaughtered by the use of lethal gas because of their little value.…
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Which "fake meats" are most nutritionally similar to meat of animal origin?
When modifying a diet to replace meat of animal origin with more plant-based foods, it's common for people to start out with meat substitutes like tofu, seitan, tempeh, and various other processed/prepared foods (eg. the Beyond Burger). But as…
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What is ideal food for doing alpinism (vegetarian)?
Can somebody recommend good vegetarian food which gives you on a long-term scale (one day, 1.500 hm difference in altitude, or multiple days) enough energy / calories, but does not affect your stomach during an exhausting hiking day?
What about…
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