Veganism

Microorganisms are not considered vegan or non-vegan as they are not plants or animals. Veganism typically avoids consuming animal-derived products or exploiting animals, which does not apply to microorganisms.

Yes, 5 Gum cobalt is vegan. The ingredients in this gum do not contain any animal products or by-products.

Good sources of protein for vegans include beans, lentils, tofu, tempeh, edamame, quinoa, nuts, seeds, and plant-based protein powders. These foods are rich in essential amino acids and can help vegans meet their protein needs.

Some potential benefits of being vegan include improved heart health, reduced risk of certain cancers, better digestion, and a lower environmental impact due to reduced greenhouse gas emissions and resource usage associated with animal agriculture.

Yes, lactulose solution is considered vegan as it is a synthetic non-digestible sugar made by reacting galactose with fructose. It does not contain any animal-derived ingredients.

The Country with most Vegans is most Likely India, vegetarian numbers are around 40-50% of the population, this is due to religious beliefs however.

Next in line is most likely Israel, also due to religion,

Naxt is the U.K. wich surprisingly is not because of religion.

Any whole foods, Wild Oats, Trader Joes or online. One specific kind of vegan soap is . Dr Bronners, they do have some lotions that contain beeswax but the soap is organic and vegan. See link further down the page.

If you want to make you own soap there are lots of recipes online. Here is one:

http://www.essortment.com/all/howtomakesoap_rasf.htm

It depends on what kind of vegan you are. There's no law that says that if you are this kind of vegan, you cannot wear leather, or anything like that. If you're the vegan and you are uncomfortable with wearing leather, trust your heart and feelings. Wear substitutes for leather instead.

Since vegans constitute to only a small portion of the population, no. What will contribute to animals going extinct is the unabided supportion of industrial agriculture and large unregulated companies like Monsanto and Tyson Foods, as well as our reliance on the petroleum industry to be able to run our lives.

Yes, but some cat food (such as Wellness or Orijen compared to Fancy Feast (may taste good but not very good for the cat)) is better than others. Cats are carnivores so it is best to find a cat food with a good high meat content in it.

Most people believe that inflicting unnecessary suffering is wrong. Non-human animals, particularly vertebrates, suffer physical pain and even emotional distress in much the same way humans suffer. Because of this, most people would agree that humans should consider other animals’ suffering when determining the rightness or wrongness of an action.

Yes, all French bread is vegan.

Well, almost all. Ordinary French bread made in France can contain enzymes and a long list of authorized additives, including E322 (lecithin) and E471 (glycerides of fatty acid), both of which can be of animal origin. So called "traditional bread" is legally supposed to be free of additives.

Most are, read the ingredient label for any added dairy products.

I think so...are any animals slaughtered to produce this? That is the question...

Black beans are vegan, unless they are cooked in animal fat or broth. In some regions of Latin America, refried black beans are typically prepared with lard (animal fat). Dried (uncooked) black beans are guaranteed to be vegan.

Fun fact: the black beans at the fast-food chain, Chipotle, are vegan, so you're likely never far from grabbing a quick vegan meal there.

Trader Joe's has vegan chocolate chips! As does Whole Foods and several online retailers. Check the packaging on chips at your local grocery store, often times a semi-sweet chocolate chip or baking chips are accidentally vegan.

Not necessarily. Broccoli can be organic, but just because it is a vegetable doesn't automatically make it organic. When a vegetable is organic, it means they didn't use pesticide (non-organic ones, anyway), and didn't use GMO seeds. There is more to organic than simply fruits and vegetables.

No, canola oil comes from the seed of a weed, the rape weed. It was originally processed as a synthetic motor oil, during WWII, when petroleum based lubricants were scarce.

Canola [Canada Oil] is known in Canada as LEAR Oil {low-erucic acid rapeweed oil} it is derived from the seed of a weed. Canola, Safflower, sunflower and others are seed oils and not derived from a vegetable, such as soybean or corn; or fruits like cocoa, coconut or olive oils. There are several other oils in all three above categories, most cooking oils are interchangeable in use, and fruit and seed oils often are incorrectly called vegetable oils.

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I don't agree with what you said. Canola oil belongs to vegetable oil. it is made from canola oilseeds. Besides, Vegetable oil has very large scopes such as sesame oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, etc..

No, they're fruits.

Minnesota has the largest acreage for green peas with Washington state coming in second with third being Idaho. The United States ranks 3rd worldwide in green pea production at 988,675 metric tonnes. China comes in number one with India close behind at second place.