Re: soy milk with animal products

[Guest guest]

Turns out that the claim is

true ... 8th Continent uses vitamin D3 (animal origin) rather than

vitamin D2 (plant origin).

I just checked my container of Silk Soymilk and it says Vitamin D2. That means it's plant based, right? I like to use Silk brand because it's organic. Thanks for the info!

Gloria

[Guest guest]

Shari Viger wrote:

> I Saw this on another site and thought you would want to know

> It certainly makes me wonder. Make nut milk for your family.

>

> Shari

>

> I heard recently about 8th Continent soymilk having animal

> ingredients when I was doing some research on Vitamin D fortified

> foods. Here is the article I read about 8th Continent:

> http://www.vegparadise.com/news19.html

>

> I found it hard to believe that companies would make soy milk with

> animal ingredients, so I called the 8th Continent customer support

> line (1-800-247-6458) to check it out. Turns out that the claim is

> true ... 8th Continent uses vitamin D3 (animal origin) rather than

> vitamin D2 (plant origin).

>

> At first the person I talked to on the phone said all the 8th

> Continent ingredients were of plant origin, then when I told her

> about the article I read she did a little more checking and confirmed

> it was fortified with the animal-based D3. She seemed genuinely

> surprised.

>

> I politely told the customer support person that I would not be

> buying their product because of this and suggested they switch to

> Vitamin D2.

>

> I am now checking all the products I eat that just say Vitamin D on

> the label to make sure they have vitamin D2 instead of D3.

>

> And although I agree with those who have commented that

> seeing " Vegetarian " on the label ought to mean we can consume the

> product without worrying about animal ingredients, apparently this is

> not always the case. Refer to the link, above.

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Hey Shari,

Thanks for the heads up on this. Sheesh, it is getting pretty bad when

you gotta follow the vegetarian guys around too in order to make certain

that they are being up front.

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Peace, love and light,

Don " Quai " Eitner

" Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal

and wakes in man. "

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