7 - Vegan Food Labels 101

ALL THINGS PLANT-BASED with Sandra Largaespada

Today’s Topic Is: How to Read Food Labels to Avoid Eating Animal Products. This is really helpful if you’re someone who never reads food labels. You’re more than likely to find it more difficult when you're shopping around for vegan products bc you may not really know what to look for. And that’s completely ok. It all starts with taking the initiative to learn. Like you are doing now listening to me speak! Here are 5 actionable steps you can take to make informed choices at the grocery store when you’re trying to avoid animal products: 1. Does the packaging say vegan or vegetarian on it? 2. Read the Allergen Statement below the ingredients in bold. 3. Read the ingredient statement once more to check for the following items (named in the episode). 4. Contact the manufacturer. 5. Is a product vegan if it says “Manufactured on equipment that also processes milk/eggs” or “May contain traces of milk”? After listening to this, you may realiz