Standard labels for vegan & veg food items

[Guest guest]

> ... asking them to label the vegan dressings and breads, etc. I guess

I must have been the only one asking, because they still haven't done

it...

 

I wonder if there is something that we could do as a group, to impress

upon restaurants that there is a demand for correct and comprehensive

labeling of vegetarian items and vegan items.

 

After I saw Melissa's reference to the Fresh Choice website, I looked

and found on http://www.freshchoice.com/rotation_ca.html that, on that

webpage, they label " Vegetarian " items with a circled " V " and they label

" Vegan Vegetarian " items with a circled " VV " -- two V's. That's a bit

confusing because the " VV " looks like a " W " . And I wonder whether their

definition of Vegetarian permits eggs. In the restaurant itself, they

don't use the " V " and " VV " abbreviations -- they spell out the words

" Vegetarian " and " Vegan " on the tags.

 

-- Mike

 

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vegan4animals

Monday, November 10, 2008 9:06 PM

lauren Ornelas

Cc: activistsforanimals

Re: [ActivistsForAnimals] Standard labels for vegan & veg menu

items

 

 

Just to clarify my original post. The veggie burger at Hobee's is not

labeled " vegan " on the menu. I also didn't just ask if it was " vegan. " I

asked if there were animal products, including cheese and/or eggs. And

the server said, " no, there's no cheese or eggs... "

 

Yeah, not everyone understands there's a difference, between vegan and

vegetarian, but this is a different issue when the server clearly states

it does not contain cheese/egg and then, double-checks, and oops, yeah,

there is cheese and egg...

 

Oh, and anyone interested in the vegan options at Fresh Choice, it

clearly states it all on the website. http://www.freshchoice.com

 

I used to go there a lot and would get a survey you could fill out and I

continuously filled it out thanking them for having so many vegan

options, but asking them to label the vegan dressings and breads, etc. I

guess I must have been the only one asking, because they still haven't

done it...

 

Melissa

 

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lauren Ornelas [ltornelas]

Monday, November 10, 2008 5:00 PM

activistsforanimals

Re: [ActivistsForAnimals] Standard labels for vegan & veg menu

items

 

 

Just FYI;

 

I wrote what Whole Foods products are that are vegan - not deli but

other items such as soups, etc and I included honey.

 

The Hobees in Campbell, I saw the box of what they made their veggie

burgers from and they were vegan.

 

Some places do use the term vegetarian to mean vegan - unfortunate - but

true. (not Whole Foods).

 

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Sage, Mike [mksage]

Monday, November 10, 2008 4:48 PM

vegan4animals; ;

activistsforanimals

[ActivistsForAnimals] Standard labels for vegan & veg menu

items

 

 

There needs to be a standard way of labeling vegan and vegetarian items

on menus. In Fresh Choice, some of the dishes are labeled with the

words " vegan " or " vegetarian " . Not everything is properly labeled there

(e.g., breads & desserts are not labeled), but at least they've made a

start. I have also seen some labels in the deli section of Whole Foods.

 

Schemes to designate vegan/vegetarian foods can absorb dozens of

ancillary issues and become extremely complicated. For example, see:

 

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/consultationresponse/sum

mrespvegi.pdf

 

To get off the ground, the scheme must be simple.

 

-- Mike

 

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vegan4animals

Saturday, November 08, 2008 1:50 PM

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activistsforanimals

[ActivistsForAnimals] Hobee's in Mountain View-not so vegan

burger

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

I've been told at other Hobee's locations that their veggie burger was

vegan. But when I ordered there today I thought I'd double check and the

server told me it had no cheese and no eggs. Then she came back 10

minutes later and said they double-checked the box and it does contain

cheese and eggs.

 

I don't know if this is the case at all Hobee's locations, but just

wanted to warn everyone to be aware at the location on Central

Expressway in MV.

 

I'll contact the company and see what they say.

 

They assured me that the tofu scramble is vegan as is the black bean

chili.

 

Take care,

 

Melissa