Foods to Cut From Your Diet for Veganuary

1. Honey

Unless your honey is gathered by a winsome bee-keeper with a picturesque apiary, captive-bred bees are killed in the process of making the sweet stuff. You do have alternative vegan food options, however, such as agave nectar, maple syrup and brown rice syrup.

2. Breakfast Cereal

Many are fortified with lanolin, a sheep product. If you’ve ever marveled at how rain beads up on a thick lambswool sweater, lanolin is the answer. It’s basically sheep-grease, and it does contain vitamin D3. You don't have to give up cereal altogether. Love Grown and Kashi are good alternatives to other brands.

3. Foods With Red Dye

You already know about the lipstick. Cochineal is also labeled “E120” or “red 4” on things like red candy. You still have options — PeTA-approved vegan candy like YumEarth Fruit Snacks, Airheads and Red Vines are all OK. And look for products that use the natural color from beets and strawberries.

4. Gummy Worms and Bears

Gummies of all kinds are usually made with gelatin which is made by boiling bones, cartilage, skin and other body parts of slaughtered animals. The same goes for for marshmallows, chewing gum and, of course, Jell-O. Alternatives for non-vegan gummy products include Surf Sweets Annie’s Organic Homegrown Fruit Snacks, Squish Candies — these use plant thickeners, like pectin from apples and agar-agar, a seaweed. Dandies are an alternative for marshmallows. And for gum, you can choose Juicy Fruit or Eclipse, both vegan.

5. Chips

Many chips contain cheese-products especially flavors like sour cream & onion, nacho cheese and anything else cheesy. Plain corn tortilla chips are usually vegan.

6. Soy Cheese 

Soy cheese often contains casein, a milk protein — the same goes for non-dairy creamers. Vegan alternatives for cheese include Follow Your Heart, Field Roast Chao. For creamers, opt for alternatives like Silk, Ripple Foods and Califia Farms.

7. Fruit Juices

Tropicana Heart Healthy Orange Juice was found to contain fish oil and gelatin as added sources of omega-3. Minute Maid juices are fortified with D3 from sheep’s lanolin. To ensure your juice is truly vegan, buy some raw fruit and make your own.

8. Shiny Fruit

You know, the kind that look so glossy at Whole Foods? The fruit is shiny because it’s waxed, often with beeswax, making even this seemingly vegan food not vegan.

The list of non-vegan foods hiding in plain sight goes on. It can be overwhelming, especially if you're just starting out or are only committing to a month of veganism. It's OK to start small.

Source: Vegamour