Where to Find Vegan Groceries

Meg commented:

2-3-2011 6:47 PM

In regards to Soy allergies- I've been vegan-ish most of my life (with lifelong lactose intolerance) and after a nasty stomach infection have developed a Soy intolerance. It's hard to find soy free vegan foods in regular supermarkets but Whole Foods is a really great resource for a surprising large variety of soy free veggie foods. I miss soy and think it tends to make the best dairy substitute so you kind of have to try a bunch of stuff out. I'm not so fond of rice substitutes I've ahd but coconut milk ice cream is great.Almond milk also. Lastly, I'm a HUGE fan of Amy's brand foods. They're all vegetarian and organic but you have to check the labels (they are marked very clearly) for which foods are vegan. While you can find a lot of Amy's products pretty much everywhere (major victory in the last decade!) a health food store (like Whole Food or even a locally owned store) has some really great varieties of soy-free foods! It's a really awesome company that is always expanding their product lines and sells so many foods for people with food allergies and intolerances. So that's my biggest recommendation because the whole brand is wonderful!
Erin commented:

1-24-2011 12:55 PM

@Amy, I agree with you. Many people worry more about someone who is Vegan or a Vegetarian, saying they are unhealthy and not getting what their body needs. I am a huge fan of Emily Deschanel, who is a strict Vegan. She is not unhealthy to say the least. I also have a friend who gave up meat at the age of three to be like her older sisters. She hardly ever gets sick and is just fine. No one knows what they put into the meat that the FDA does not know about and it is harming us. They should step back, and see how healthy their food is compaired what we eat.
Amy commented:

1-5-2011 11:36 AM

Try the Silk Almond Milk, it is great!! I really enjoy Silk brands the best, I haven't found anything I don't like form them. The Almond Milk tastes great, not a huge difference from regular tasting milk in my opinion. There are always coupons for it as well. @ Rhi I do agree with you about not putting things into your body that is not good for you. I would like to state that none of us know what type of hormones they inject all of the animals with that they are raising for mass production. I strongly believe that the chemicals taht are injected into our animals, have created many diseases. If you do research of humanes that are strict Vegans, they have a greater life span then most americans. There are places deemed as Centenarians, there are doctors in regions still performing heart surgeries into their 90's. There is much research that backs Vegans and Vegetarians, and I feel that most meat eaters are uneducated about what they are consuming and more worried about Vegans and Vegetarians then their ownselves.
Rhi commented:

11-18-2010 5:26 AM

That may be true about those foods being vegan but it doesn't mean they are good for you as far as what's in them. General rule of thumb: if you can't pronounce an ingredient, it's probably not good for you and you shouldn't eat it.
Christine commented:

10-6-2010 9:27 PM

There are other alternatives they have rice milk,almond milk,and coconut milk. Try these they should be in you local superstores listed above our health chain stores.

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