
So I've met 1 vegan irl
He was talking about how if he can't pronounce an ingredient he also wouldn't eat it because he only eats "natural" or something.
I assume he was talking about the ingredients that are listed as chemicals (like the famous taurine) these are also ingredients that the meat eating "vegan police" like to point out in order to try to prove that I'm not really vegan, because eating taurine justifies paying for factory farms lol.
So my issue is that while generally the ingredients that can come from animals that are listed in ingredients, it is not listed (because it is not required by law) whether or not an ingredient came from an animal source or a plant source.
My current feelings are that if we eat chemicals with unlisted origins it is most likely from plant sources since that is generally the cheaper option and if it is not then it would become the cheaper option once the consumption of animals is not so great we do not have to find creative ways to use what is leftover from the factory farms.
I am unsure of my conclusion though and am willing to change my opinion with proper evidence
So should I eat unpronounceable chemicals with mysterious origins?
Do you?