There’re many well-known foods that are vegan – accidentally or on purpose – that you’re already enjoying.
These products make the road to becoming vegan easier. Like Oreos – you’ve probably been eating Oreos since you were a kid and they are 100% vegan – minus the milk for dunking, of course. As are Jelly Tots. Not many sweets are vegan due to gelatine, but those colourful, sugary jelly sweets are your new sweet treat. Read on and remember to stock up on products and support brands that are limiting harm to animals and the environment – and are delicious too.
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The obvious front-runners
Pasta (dry): almost all dried pasta is made without egg and is therefore 100% vegan
Baked Beans (original recipe, without cheese or sausages etc.)
Tinned/Canned Spaghetti (original recipe, without cheese or sausages etc.)
Yeast extracts like Marmite
Most fresh bread is vegan and Ciabatta, by its very nature, is always vegan as it is made with olive oil
Peanut Butter
Tomato Sauce/Ketchup
HP/Brown sauce
Mustard: whether it’s Dijon, wholegrain, English or American
Branston Pickle
Hot sauces like Tabasco and Siracha
Rice
Rice noodles: when ordering a Chinese takeaway, ask for rice rather than egg noodles
Jam: typically made with pectin (to thicken) rather than gelatin
Hummus
Chips/French fries: if cooked in veggie oil then they are vegan.
Porridge/Oatmeal: when made with water or plant milk
Bagels
The surprising
Oreos: Original and Golden
Dark Chocolate Jungle Energy Bars
Doritos: Sweet Chilli Pepper and Chilli Rib flavour
Pringles: Original and Salt & Vinegar
McVities Fruit Shortcake Biscuits
Ritz Crackers
Kettle Chips: Sea Salt, Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar and Cracked Pepper
Ritter Sport chocolate: Dark and Extra Fine Dark
Albany Chocolate Slabs: Classic and Almond
Spar Squillos Chocolate Spread
ProNutro: Original and Wholewheat
Spar Rice Crackers
Moir’s Instant Pudding: Butterscotch and Chocolate flavour
Bakers Biscuits: Ginger Nuts, Mini Ginger Nuts, Romany Tarte, Original Digestive and Snacktime Golden Grain
Ina Paarman Cake Mix: Vanilla, Chocolate, Red Velvet
Lay’s Potato Chips: Classic, Salt & Vinegar, Thai Sweet Chilli, Caribbean Onion & Balsamic Vinegar
Kellogg’s breakfast cereal: Strawberry Pops, Coco Pops, All Bran, Corn Flakes, Froot Loops, Special K
Ouma Rusks
Cape Cookies: Choc Chip and Crunchy Shortcake
Cadbury Hot Chocolate Powder
Drinks you love
Heineken
Carlsberg
Amstel
Peroni
Castle
Carling Black Label
Corona
Devil’s Peak
Foundry
Grolsch
Hansa
Hunters
Miller
Savanna
Stella Artois
Tafel Lager
Windhoek
A big thanks to veganuary.com for additional information and resources.
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