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Title: Animal Ingredients A to Z by E. G. Smith Collective, E G Smith Collective, E. G. Smith ISBN: 1-873176-59-7 Publisher: AK Pr Distribution Pub. Date: July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book for Muslims too!
Comment: I purchased this book because the industry puts so many pork by products in foods under various names, that it is difficult for Muslims to know exactly what is in some of these products. Certain Muslim groups also don't eat meat that is not slaughted in the name of God, which means that the supermarket meat is of limits. (many Jews also only eat "kosher meat")Therefore, it's often not just pork that the Muslims must watch out for in these products, it is also any meat by product. While Muslims do eat dairy products, this book is an invaluable guide in aiding them to discover the hidden meat by products in food stuffs. I had no idea about many things on the list, and frankly I'm appauled at how sneaky the industry is in slipping meat by products into our foods under various chemical names, and even in wax coatings of some produce and wax paper. I was also shocked to read about how many companies listed such as Heinz and Lipton give vague responses regarding the content of the "natural flavorings" listed in their product.
Rating: 5
Summary: Detinately a book to pick up
Comment: An excellent and very informative resource for any vegan, vegetarian or anyone who's concerned about what exactly it is you're actually eating.
I'm an ovo-lacto vegetarian myself and I was surprised at how many things they sneakily put into our food. I was aware of some of the more obvious things (renet, gelatin, etc.), but still stunned at things I would have never thought could contain animal products - such as beer, wine, some waxes used to polish fruits to make them look more fresh - it's astounding!
The only contention I have with this book is that it focuses mainly on American products, being written in the States it makes sense, but for a future edition I would love to see more Canadian and maybe European products added to the book.
Extremely well researched, using a variety of sources (which can be found at the end of the book) - definately a book to pick up.
Rating: 4
Summary: an important book for new vegans
Comment: If you're starting out in veganism, or even just trying to be a strict vegetarian, you probably want to have this book handy, although the first thing it will do is depress you. Did you know that processed sugar is refined using charcoaled animal bones? Surprise! The majority of the book is simply an alphabetical listing of animal-product-containing substances; you use it as a reference when reading ingredient labels in your cupboard or in the grocery store. Often I wished the authors had included more information about what the animal source of an ingredient was -- they don't always include this information, but they always do mention the types of products the ingredient appears in and they usually suggests vegan alternatives. There are some things about the book that make me suspect its reliability in parts, like a tendency to ascribe all sorts of problems to animal ingredients (many people have allergic reactions to wool, etc etc) when it should be enough for the authors to say that consuming such and such a product is bad because it is an animal product -- no one who isn't convinced of the moral superiority of vegetarianism will be looking at this book anyway. They make a number of statements about vitamin B12, some of which contradict each other -- probably the result of compiling the different work of a number of authors into one book. And, of course, there is the fact that none of the authors identify themselves by name. However... a chapter-by-chapter bibliography is supplied in the back, and the EG Smith Collective has also contacted some companies to ask whether their products contain animal products, and in Lipton Tea's case reprints their response. The book is the best (I mean, the only) source I have come across to confirm or repudiate rumors that such and such is an animal-derived product. Certainly worth having if you are a vegan.
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Title: Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet by Vesanto Melina, Brenda Davis ISBN: 1570671036 Publisher: Book Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Revised Edition by Erik Marcus ISBN: 0935526870 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Vegan Sourcebook by Joanne Stepaniak, Virginia Messina, Carol J. Adams ISBN: 0737305061 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Being Vegan by Joanne Stepaniak, Stanley M. Sapon ISBN: 0737303239 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: MAD COWBOY: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat by Howard F. Lyman, Glen Merzer ISBN: 0684854465 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 02 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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