Sounds like an extremely unlikely prospect.

And most items if it’s under 0.5 grams (0.5 does not equal 1% as percentage in food, it is not measured that way at all, percent only comes up when it’s that percentage of the food in it’s entirety, not the percentage of fat, sugar, etc by itself.), it does not have to be listed. The law is NOT saying they have to exclude it, the law says that they are allowed to exclude it.. some companies will put a fine print notice.. but it’s so small even someone like me with perfect vision needs to put the package pretty close to my face to see it.

In some cases you may see “* adds a negligible amount of…” on packages that they label as fat free, sugar free, etc.

Also I’ve been a vegan for 33 years (all my life), I know about hidden ingredients, be it their typical name or their scientific names. Besides, I rarely, if ever buy pre-made foods.. I was raised with my traditional Japanese culture, and women, we cook from ingredients, not boxes.. ^__^ Last pre-made food item I bought was some steamed cabbage buns made by monks from a local Buddhist temple where I live in the US. ^__^

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDE/is_4_26/ai_n27425782/?tag=content;col1

It’s called “Is Your Sugar Vegan?” and it was published in the Vegetarian Journal.

ORGANIC SUGAR: ALWAYS BONE CHAR-FREE

“The increasing popularity of organic foods in the United States has bolstered the production of the organic sugar industry. In fact, The VRG is happy to report that there is a large market niche for organic sweeteners.

To maintain its organic integrity, organic sugar is only minimally processed or not refined at all. Since bone char is not on the National Organic Program’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, certified USDA organic sugar cannot be filtered through bone char. In fact, the technical directors of both Imperial Sugar and American Sugar Refining told us that organic sugars are only milled and never go to the refinery where the bone char filters are located.”

As far as I am concerned, this makes things a LOT more simple! Let me know if anyone has heard anything contrary to this.

Here are four sites with food lists.

——–http://features.peta.org/VegetarianStarterKit/index.asp————–http://heartspring.net/list_of_vegetarian_protein_foods.html————the second site has eggs on its list, but off course that is meat————–http://www.suite101.com/content/top-10-vegetarian-snacks-a18790——————-http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/accidentally-vegan.aspx

Like the whole Oreo debate… who cares if the ingredients in there are vegan or not.. for one they’re toxic, containing preservatives, secondly they are produced by the Nabisco Division of Kraft foods, which is certainly not a cruelty-free company…which in my book makes anything they make (animal ingredients or not) non-vegan.

I play it safe, if I don’t need it, I don’t eat it… who needs cookies and all that, really? If it doesn’t provide some sort of benefit why consume it? And if you really have a sweets craving, make it yourself so you know without any doubt what’s actually in it.

Everyone gets a choco-craving every once in a while.. nothing a few Vegan chocolate morsels can’t solve! And pure chocolate actually does have benefits! ^___^

Also something to consider, is food labeling legislation. In the United States, a company is not required to list an ingredient if it falls under 1% or 1g. Using Skim Milk as an example (no I don’t drink it..lol.). Skim Milk in the US says “Fat. 0g” or “Fat Free”, but in other countries where it is the law to list all ingredients and nutritional information, down to the last micron.. you’ll see it listed has having 0.5g of fat. Guess what… 0.5g is not a gram, so under US law, it doesn’t have to be included in the nutritional facts label.

Just something to consider. ^__^