How many of us go to the local super market and pick up a packet of cookies and read the label to see if it had eggs/meat in it? How many of us go to every isle and before they put the item in our cart we check the ingredients?
Well I am definitely one of those people... I am going to start a discussion about the vocabulary for ingredients we don't actually know what they are.... which we should not drink or eat..... please add your comments and if you have ingredients that you know of that you know it means something else please add your comments...
The following ingredients found on a label indicate the presence of egg protein.
In the US, egg falls under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act. That means it's required by law for all egg and egg derivative ingredients to be identified at the bottom of the ingredients with the statement: "contains (or may contain) eggs."
But that's just eggs. There are hundreds of animal derived ingredients that may not be so easy to identify.
Here's a good list: http://www.cyberparent.com/eat/hiddenanimalsinfood.htm
Goodness me, I would never have thought that Silici albuminate means egg protein - thank you for pointing this out. Honestly, it needs to be made clearer than this on the packaging.
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