Mystery Ingredient Monday #4

Greetings fellow travellers,

Sorry today’s MIM is a little late, usually I do all my blogging at the weekend, but I spend all Saturday out with my gentleman friend and Sunday at the London Vegan Festival, so am a bit behind.

Today’s Mystery Ingredient Monday is brought to you by…

Carmine (Cochineal)

Animal, vegetable or mineral? Carmine or Cochineal is [...]

Mystery Ingredient Monday #3

Greetings fellow travellers,

So it’s Monday once more. Well, actually it is still Sunday while I’m writing this thanks to the joy of scheduled posting. Monday is a bank holiday here in the UK, so I’m going to PLAY instead of WORK, hooray!

This week’s Mystery Ingredient Monday is brought to you by:

Lactic Acid

If you’ve ever done [...]

Mystery Ingredient Monday #2

Greetings fellow travellers,

Today’s Mystery Ingredient Monday is brought to you by:

Nutritional Yeast Flakes

Animal vegetable or mineral? These fall into the vegetable category and are therefore vegan. Hooray!

What are they used in? You can sprinkle nutritional yeast flakes into soup or on top of veggie bolognaise for a cheesy, nutty taste.

What kind of nutritional value do [...]

Mystery Ingredient Monday #1

Greetings fellow travellers,

In the first of a new series, I’m going to share with you some of the mystery ingredients which find their way into food and other consumer products and have a look at whether they are animal, vegetable or mineral. For animal products which vegans avoid, alternatives will be given.

Today’s Mystery Ingredient Monday [...]