I'm looking for high-potassium soy protein isolate.

https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrition-facts/174302/wt1

Does anyone know where I can find this nectar of the gods? I'm looking for either a branded ingredient, or names of actual products.

For example, "magnesium threonate" is available a branded ingredient, "Magtein." Different manufacturers, e.g. Life Extension, Now Supplements, etc. will sell magnesium threonate, and on the back, also have the Magtein logo. That's what I mean by branded ingredient.

Hi everyone! I am very glad because of this sub I got into veganism. Last month I had my gums inflammation because of too much sugar and unhealthy food so I tried to search here on reddit how to be more health conscious then someone said try to watch "Dominion" so I did watched it on Youtube and it was life changing. The following day the food I had prepared the night before (grilled chicken and buttered shrimp) I immediately dumped it and bought a salad bowl. And now it feels like I am a new person and because of the film, my cravings with meat suddenly vanished. I also lost 1kg and now I'm into cooking food without any animal products. I am just thankful because of this subreddit for changing the way I see food and most importantly life.

I've tried many recipes and many store-bought. I've only ever found one recipe that tastes like authentic cheese and it's more of a nacho cheese. Miyoko's is also really great, but their products are expensive.

Looking for something I can make at home that isn't $10 for a small portion size.

Thankies!

Hey guys I've been vegan for a year and a half ish, was vegetarian for longer. I'll cut to the chase, we got Chinese today, and on the vegetarian rice section (no vegan section I'm afraid), there were rice dishes that had designated "has eggs", so I picked the mixed veg one, the only one that didn't say it had eggs.

It came with a bit of fried egg mixed in, I still ate the thing. I won't order that again and part of me wants to send an email or something, but yeah would you have eaten it?

For me it just felt like if I threw it away it would've been wasteful and I hate seeing food go to waste. Can't say I enjoyed eating it though, I thought about taking it out but it also just a bunch of tiny little chunks of egg spread out so that would've been a ton of work.

If someone slipped meat or dairy into my food I would not eat that shit in a million years, but with eggs I guess I wasn't as strict? I guess I just wanna ask, philosophically, how do you guys feel about what I did, because honestly I don't know HOW to feel about it personally.

even though we are at a time when there are more vegan products and alternatives, it is also the time when I see more people giving up and going back to eating meat. this makes me wonder what motivated them to leave their whole philosophy behind and why it seems so easy to go back to eating an animal?

i admit that it is a little frustrating and makes me fearful that in the future vegans will return to being a minority with very few plant-based products and options because the audience and consumption of these products have decreased. not to mention that this would actually be the least important of the problems, it would also mean more animal exploitation happening and still being normalized. I worry that i could end up falling into this effect in the future, even though I am also confident about my belief (and can’t imagine that happening). has anyone else noticed this and feels the same way?

my family keeps asking if being vegan is a phase and i’m just making my life difficult like bruh. my auntie told me she was vegetarian for 10 years like what do you want a medal? the fact that your taking the piss out of me says a lot about how serious you took be vegetarian and the fact that you aren’t one anymore 💀. it really doesn’t take a lot to be sensitive especially to vegans!! not talking about “but bacon tho” or how much you love chocolate or chicken nuggets so you could never be vegan is just so unnecessary, i’d just like to be respected for something i believe so strongly in. and why should i not be able to say horrendous real things that animals face to you while you eat said animal it’s the same principle. anyway rant over peace out ✌️

Alright, so, this past Sunday, I was out grocery shopping, got to the dairy section where the plant milks are so I could pick up a few cartons of the So Delicious Coconut Nog. They're my favorite seasonal drink! However, the shelf where they were supposed to be was completely empty! You know what was fully in-stock and untouched? The regular Egg Nog!

People in my area are choosing the plant based Nog over regular!

After waiting a couple days, I went back to the store after work today and they were completely sold out AGAIN! And the regular Nog was also STILL untouched!

So, I drove to the other grocery store on the other side of my city and they had the Coconut Nog in stock, but only half the shelf was full. As for the regular Nog? Same story, fully-stocked and untouched.

I know, nothing major. Just wanted to share.

Hey all, there are so many great vegan job boards, but they are so spread out its hard to keep track. There was no easy to use, visually appealing aggregator of all the biggest job boards centered around ending animal consumption. So I made one. I built this on my own with lovable.dev and supabase. I hope this is useful, would love feedback!

I will also respond to everything on X: Jared Stivala

I just need a place to vent, sorry y'all. My partner no longer wants to be vegan, and started to incorporate animal products in their diet. My mother who was a vegan for 3 years, no longer is vegan either. I came home to visit her to find a roasted chicken in her fridge.

I just am very frustrated and sad about this, and have no one to talk to about it, so I thought I'd speak about it here.

Edit: First, I want to say: thank you everyone who is supportive. Second, I want to say that: (1) I do respect their decisions and not trying to change them; (2) I still love my partner and my mother; (3) I'm just here to talk about my feelings about the situations with other vegans, I'm not here to complain or ask what to do, I already know and feel like what to do - respect and love on.

I just feel like there is a misunderstanding in some of the comments below. Thank you to the rest!

Vegans should get on BlueSky, the social media site that may be the future, like Twitter once was. The site is in the middle of taking off because of the US election. If vegans get in early before it gets really crowded, that will put us vegans in a higher, more visible position on a large site.

And there's some good things about BlueSky. The site is works & looks like twitter used to. And it's algorithms work in a better way.

Update: I'm referring to activism as the reason to join BlueSky. Have a lot of you vegans given up on promoting vegan diets? I know we won't make the world vegan this way. But we shouldn't give up this way.

Tailgated at the Jets game Sunday and brought chunk foods steak and their shredded beef. I made fajitas and also had spicy homemade vegan chili on the stove. With everything cooking, we started to attract neighboring tailgaters asking what the heck we were making as it smelled amazing. I didn’t say a word about that it was all plants and wouldn’t you know a film crew came by and they were looking for their Premio Sausage tailgater of the day to put on the jumbotrons.This is when I came clean. Thinking back, I should have continued the lie till after the crew selected me🤣 If you haven’t tried Chunk Foods steak yet, you are in for a treat. My client who I was hosting couldn’t get enough of everything I cooked.

On a sad note, MetLife stadium is a garbage dump and they have virtually zero vegan options in the stadium. The ownership group for the Jets and Giants are nothing but a joke.

Hi! I have been trying to find a place that sells similar breads to 85 degrees such as the taro marble bread and any fluffy not-to-sweet and buttery breads and buns but no luck :( Does anyone know of a place that sells vegan versions of these pastries? Or is this something I will have to take into my own hands and bake myself lol. Thanks in advance!

Hello!

I am organizing an animal rights group primarily in LA! This will be a group for animal activists to organize socials and peaceful protest

This community is sapphic centered but open to all who want to fight for animals

All events will be hosted in LA but everyone is free to join our discord server and connect with like minded individuals

Follow us on instagram for event updates @tastykitty.la

https://discord.gg/WeqZY9Vgb4

Christmas is coming and I'm thinking about the dinner. I only live with my mother, it makes things easier. I suggested that instead of "traditional" dishes, we could have something at least without meat, and she "accepted" (she does not accept the complete vegan option for this). But. She wants a fish. I know and I understand that it's everyone's business what they eat, etc., especially during the holidays, but I felt physically sick when she said "that's the way the world is", when I told her about the pigs that people kill just for a momentary feeling, just for the taste...

I mentioned the meat industry recently and said something about piglets, I can't remember what the conversation was about but she said something along the lines of "they don't think about it like that" (pigs), with this "sad" tone of voice...so I told her to stop romanticizing it...

Is there any way to...force her to at least not have the meat in general if she doesn't want to go to dinner completely vegan? I swear, her "I want a fish" sounded so selfish that I stopped talking for a moment. I literally told her I don't want to eat *someone*.

Edit - inappropriate use of the word "Force".

"I honestly thought about this word for a long time, I didn't want it to sound harsh and the way it sounded to most, but I couldn't think of another word, because in real life I can't think of anything other than to eventually just, well, force her. And of course I'm not saying that I will, no, I never forced her, I always tried to explain it to her, but she always objected. It was an inappropriate use of the word, now I'm thinking something like "change her mind" or "compromise" would sound better in the question... After all, that's how I do it in real life, but at the time I was writing the post I was having a conversation with her and was frustrated..."

This is my 4th year being vegan. Honestly it feels harder the longer I've been doing it. I love everything I eat and have no issues never eating meat again.

But god I dread people finding out that I'm vegan. I just feel so much judgment, recieve so much judgment. I feel like I'm not able to fit in or make new friends. I can't go over to peoples houses for dinner or have people over at mine that weren't already my friends for years. My family, 4 years later still treats me badly for doing this. Going out to dinner I have to try to steer people to choose 1 of like 5 restaurants in my town.

I thought it would get easier, now I'm worrying about how I'm ever going to be able to navigate this when I have kids.

If you go to a grocery store, there are food products, food products labeled "vegan," and sometimes food products labeled "Suitable for vegetarians." Why is the default food containing animal products? Why isn't vegan or vegetarian the default and food containing animal products labeled as such.

I know vegans are a very small minority of society and vegetarians are a larger but still tiny sliver of the population, but it still seems crazy to me that animal products are in packaged food without being clearly labeled. In essence, we label clean and more ethical foods as the exception rather than the rule.

Edit: actually not an edit. Autocorrect messed up the title and I can’t change it now. Supposed to be “default,” not “detail”…but you probably figured that out.

I’m thinking about making soy milk from scratch just for fun, I’ve had fresh soy milk before and it’s so tasty! Currently I use store bought soy milk in my morning coffee which has a much milder flavor than fresh soy milk. Has anyone had coffee with fresh soy milk? I’m a little worried the flavors of the fresh soy milk and the coffee wouldn’t go well together and I don’t want to make soy milk that I can’t put in my coffee!

hi!! i’m writing an argument for school about why people should be vegan, and i need to add credible evidence to support my claims. if anyone has any credible links/articles on hand that support veganism—whether it be about morality, health, or the environment, etc—i’d greatly appreciate if you shared them with me. thank you!!

Going vegetarian while maintaining a complete amino acid profile requires careful selection of plant-based proteins. Here's a comparison between chicken meat and a combination of plant-based proteins like lentils, quinoa, and soy:

Chicken Meat (100g, cooked)

• Calories: ~165 kcal
• Protein: ~31g
• Essential Amino Acids (approximate per 100g of chicken):
  • Histidine: 1.08g
  • Isoleucine: 1.62g
  • Leucine: 2.72g
  • Lysine: 3.02g
  • Methionine: 0.94g
  • Phenylalanine: 1.37g
  • Threonine: 1.47g
  • Tryptophan: 0.35g
  • Valine: 1.73g

Chicken is a complete protein, meaning it contains all essential amino acids in sufficient quantities.

Plant-Based Protein Combination (per 100g combined, approximate ratios of lentils, quinoa, and soy)

Lentils (50g, cooked):

• Calories: ~60 kcal
• Protein: ~4.5g
• Key Amino Acids:
  • Histidine: 0.14g
  • Isoleucine: 0.21g
  • Leucine: 0.37g
  • Lysine: 0.34g
  • Methionine: 0.09g
  • Phenylalanine: 0.24g
  • Threonine: 0.19g
  • Tryptophan: 0.05g
  • Valine: 0.27g

Quinoa (25g, cooked):

• Calories: ~36 kcal
• Protein: ~1.3g
• Key Amino Acids:
  • Histidine: 0.04g
  • Isoleucine: 0.06g
  • Leucine: 0.11g
  • Lysine: 0.07g
  • Methionine: 0.04g
  • Phenylalanine: 0.07g
  • Threonine: 0.05g
  • Tryptophan: 0.02g
  • Valine: 0.08g

Soy (Tofu, 25g):

• Calories: ~35 kcal
• Protein: ~4g
• Key Amino Acids:
  • Histidine: 0.09g
  • Isoleucine: 0.17g
  • Leucine: 0.28g
  • Lysine: 0.23g
  • Methionine: 0.06g
  • Phenylalanine: 0.18g
  • Threonine: 0.14g
  • Tryptophan: 0.05g
  • Valine: 0.17g

Total for Plant-Based Combination:

• Calories: ~131 kcal
• Protein: ~9.8g
• Essential Amino Acids (approximate per 100g combined):
  • Histidine: 0.27g
  • Isoleucine: 0.44g
  • Leucine: 0.76g
  • Lysine: 0.64g
  • Methionine: 0.19g
  • Phenylalanine: 0.49g
  • Threonine: 0.38g
  • Tryptophan: 0.12g
  • Valine: 0.52g

Observations:

1. Complete Protein:

   • Chicken meat inherently provides a complete amino acid profile.
   • The plant-based combination is complementary and provides a complete amino acid profile, though it may require larger quantities to match the total protein and amino acid levels in chicken.

2. Lysine and Methionine:

   • Plant-based diets often lack sufficient lysine (provided by soy) and methionine (found in quinoa or complemented with seeds/nuts).

3. Calories and Volume:

   • The plant-based combination has fewer calories but also less protein per 100g. This may require consuming larger portions or additional protein-rich foods like tempeh, nuts, or seeds.

I read this article (from an r/vegan post): https://fortune.com/well/article/why-beyond-meat-ceo-reformulated-products-plant-based-meat-backlash/

The part about coconut oil worried me. My wife eats a *lot* of coconut oil. She has coconut oil on bread more than once a day. And uses it a lot in cooking. But she is also at risk for blood clots.

But years ago she saw a DVD that said countries that eat coconut oil are healthier. I did not see the DVD, but I am suspicious that it was other healthy practices that overcame the coconut oil. This was from somebody selling coconut oil... so not impartial.

Does anybody have any good references about the risks of coconut oil?

I get that in theory this is true, but in practice it doesn't seem to be?

My best friend works in a sushi restaurant, and eats a prodigious amount of seafood, including high iron seafood like mussels and oysters, and she's thai and loves things like pig's blood and various organ meats like liver, but she is SO anemic she's straight passed out from it before.

In a similar vein, all of my female family members have problems with their iron levels and most of them LOVE red meat, and eat a lot of it. Meanwhile I'm the only one that has NO such problem, and I'm the only one that gets ZERO heme iron?

I probably eat less iron overall as well. I don't eat as many beans or other iron rich foods as I should. But whatever iron is in potatoes, brown rice and bananas, I'm apparently absorbing like a champ.

In online spaces it doesn't seem to be a super common concern either. Like there's the occasional anemic vegan girlie, especially when you add pregnancy to the mix, but by and large, it doesn't seem to be a consistent issue vegans actually HAVE?

It seems like it's a bit more of an omni issue, if anything, but on paper it's not supposed to be the case.

I recently moved in with friends who are vegan and I figured I’d give it a shot. Never been a hard core meat lover and being lactose intolerant, life with painless cheese sounded great. I did not expect to love it as much as I do. Within the first week, I could already feel the difference in my body, like less bloating. “Normie “ food started to taste blah, like I could taste all the additives. It’s been a month and I’ve dropped 12lbs! I wish I had given veganism a shot sooner. Now I’m on a quest to learn how to cook anything and everything vegan.

Visiting family in the US and was recently introduced to Vital Farms -- what. the. hell. Unless you read the fine print on their website, they're really good at convincing you that they care so much about "their girls" and their quality of life... and then you see that they're sold off to be butchered after their egg-laying days are done. I just wish that companies would stop using marketing to make people feel better about themselves by choosing 'ethical' and 'humane' products. Just call it what it is. Exploitation and murder. But I guess then no one would want to buy their eggs...

I tried to make oatmilk myself and failed. I found a recipy, oatflakes, water Salt and i thought couldt get wrong and i Mixed/blended IT together and it Just tasted watery. It was looking Like oatmilk but the taste was Just way Off. So i added more oats. At one Point i Had more dough Like stuff but there was still the watertaste. For now i Made a weird slimy oatmeal Out of it and added a Lot of cacao. Does one of you know what i could have Made wrong? Is homemade oatmilk Always weird