With a lot of competition in the food industry to produce healthy ingredients A LOT of information is plain misleading.
WE SHOULD KNOW WHATS HEALTHY AND WHATS NOT...THIS SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO US AS KIDS, THIS SHOULD BE IN THE NEWS BUT ITS NOT SO LEARRRRNNNNNNNNNNNN!
This week's vegan brand of week is going to be a little different and going to be more about foods.
I am a little tired of people saying soy isn't good for you but most of that information comes from dairy industries trying to get you to buy their products instead. The world is a competitive market, if what they're producing is bad for people then they'll change the information out there to be in their favor. This is something that continues to repeat in history.
How would you know that something like palm oil actually costs the deforestation and lives of thousands orangutans. This is very similar to cigarettes that take countless lives but still exist because it is still a profitable business. Producing healthy things that don't damage animals or the environment just ins't that profitable.
BUTTTT I KNOW SOME VEGAN STUFF OUT THERE ISN'T TASTY. TRUST ME.....I AM A CHEESE LOVER AND IT'S SO HARD TO FIND TASTY VEGAN CHEESE. so here are some of the thing's that I without a doubt would recommend to anyone including a meat and cheese lover.
There's this company called earth balance and without a doubt any of their products will blow your mind because they're amazing. Now the only issue would be for those of you against the palm oil industries and I really don't know a whole lot about it other than some people appose it for good reasons.
This company has said they use sustainable palm oil but they will not give out all their information and to me that's not shocking because it A) could lead to other companies using their palm oil and putting them out of business for whatever reason or B) they're not using a sustainable source of palm oil. Some people say there is not such thing as sustainable palm oil and I'm not an expert I dont know everything. They're a vegan brand that focuses purely on vegan food ingredients and I love all their stuff.
WE SHOULD KNOW WHATS HEALTHY AND WHATS NOT...THIS SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO US AS KIDS, THIS SHOULD BE IN THE NEWS BUT ITS NOT SO LEARRRRNNNNNNNNNNNN!
This week's vegan brand of week is going to be a little different and going to be more about foods.
I am a little tired of people saying soy isn't good for you but most of that information comes from dairy industries trying to get you to buy their products instead. The world is a competitive market, if what they're producing is bad for people then they'll change the information out there to be in their favor. This is something that continues to repeat in history.
How would you know that something like palm oil actually costs the deforestation and lives of thousands orangutans. This is very similar to cigarettes that take countless lives but still exist because it is still a profitable business. Producing healthy things that don't damage animals or the environment just ins't that profitable.
BUTTTT I KNOW SOME VEGAN STUFF OUT THERE ISN'T TASTY. TRUST ME.....I AM A CHEESE LOVER AND IT'S SO HARD TO FIND TASTY VEGAN CHEESE. so here are some of the thing's that I without a doubt would recommend to anyone including a meat and cheese lover.
There's this company called earth balance and without a doubt any of their products will blow your mind because they're amazing. Now the only issue would be for those of you against the palm oil industries and I really don't know a whole lot about it other than some people appose it for good reasons.
This company has said they use sustainable palm oil but they will not give out all their information and to me that's not shocking because it A) could lead to other companies using their palm oil and putting them out of business for whatever reason or B) they're not using a sustainable source of palm oil. Some people say there is not such thing as sustainable palm oil and I'm not an expert I dont know everything. They're a vegan brand that focuses purely on vegan food ingredients and I love all their stuff.
"Here is another victim of palm oil. Meet Pony; an orangutan from a small village in Borneo, forced to become a, prostitute for HUMAN MEN. That’s right, you heard correctly"
More information about this issue with palm oil is everywhere including documentaries. Here's a link to a blog that gives you all information regarding palm oil and what to use instead if you're worried. http://vegangster.org/2011/11/10/earth-balance-an-earth-imbalance/
also if you want to learn more about the palm oil issue here is another link http://veganjoy.blogspot.com/2010/09/whats-on-your-cupcake-veganism-and.html
Another thing here was
what Earth Balance said when asked about the palm oil issue:
"I asked Earth Balance about this issue and their response goes as follows:
Palm oil and its link to rainforest deforestation is a huge issue for Earth Balance, and is not something we’re taking lightly. We have made great strides in ensuring that the palm oil we source is only from sustainable sources, we have purchased Green Palm Certificates for our palm oil use, and we are exploring ways to partner with organizations that help with reforestation in SE Asia.
To learn more, please take a look at our white paper on the subject:
Addressing the social and environmental challenges with palm oil
http://www.earthbalancenatural.com/addressing_palm_fruit_oil.pdf
If you have any further questions, you may contact[email protected]"
More information about this issue with palm oil is everywhere including documentaries. Here's a link to a blog that gives you all information regarding palm oil and what to use instead if you're worried. http://vegangster.org/2011/11/10/earth-balance-an-earth-imbalance/
also if you want to learn more about the palm oil issue here is another link http://veganjoy.blogspot.com/2010/09/whats-on-your-cupcake-veganism-and.html
Another thing here was
what Earth Balance said when asked about the palm oil issue:
"I asked Earth Balance about this issue and their response goes as follows:
Palm oil and its link to rainforest deforestation is a huge issue for Earth Balance, and is not something we’re taking lightly. We have made great strides in ensuring that the palm oil we source is only from sustainable sources, we have purchased Green Palm Certificates for our palm oil use, and we are exploring ways to partner with organizations that help with reforestation in SE Asia.
To learn more, please take a look at our white paper on the subject:
Addressing the social and environmental challenges with palm oil
http://www.earthbalancenatural.com/addressing_palm_fruit_oil.pdf
If you have any further questions, you may contact[email protected]"
Other names for Palm oil that you might find on the ingredients list yes because these industries will try to get away with it however they can.
- PKO – Palm Kernel Oil
- PKO fractionations: Palm Kernel Stearin (PKs); Palm Kernel Olein (PKOo)
- PHPKO – Partially hydrogenated Palm Oil
- FP(K)O – Fractionated Palm Oil
- OPKO – Organic Palm Kernel Oil
- Palmitate – Vitamin A or Asorbyl Palmitate (NOTE: Vitamin A Palmitate is a very common ingredient in breakfast cereals and we have confirmed 100% of the samples we’ve investigated to be derived from palm oil)
- Palmate
- Sodium Laureth Sulphate (Can also be from coconut)
- Sodium Lauryl Sulphates (can also be from ricinus oil)
- Sodium dodecyl Sulphate (SDS or NaDS)
- Elaeis Guineensis
- Glyceryl Stearate
- Stearic Acid
- Chemicals which contain palm oil
- Steareth -2
- Steareth -20
- Sodium Lauryl Sulphate
- Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate (coconut and/or palm)
- Hydrated palm glycerides
- Sodium isostearoyl lactylaye (derived from vegetable stearic acid)
- Cetyl palmitate and octyl palmitate (names with palmitate at the end are usually derived from palm oil, but as in the case of Vitamin A Palmitate, very rarely a company will use a different vegetable oil)
Just make your own butter if you want to:
Vegan Butter, its not hard and in the end you're eating a thousand percent healthier and doing so much more good than any corporation claims to be doing.
Vegan Butter, its not hard and in the end you're eating a thousand percent healthier and doing so much more good than any corporation claims to be doing.