"I avoid XYZ ingredient" but you eat it later in the day?

I would always read labels if I had food alergies or didn't eat certain things so it seems strange she didn't read the labels. Maybe she just says she doesn't eat things but really does for some strange reason?

When ingredients are new to me, I keep on reading the labels. This will realy help in removing confusions about it. Maybe, even a vegan person can eat gelatin since it came mostly from agar, a sea weed. You are right, if you are really into strict diet, you will really read the labels and determine their content.

Hi sedel. I am a vegan but not so called super strict vegan. What I mean is that I do not eat any animals products, but sometimes I buy supplements or medicines which are not vegan, when I do not have much choice. I buy only shoes made from artificial leather, textiles and such materials, but I still wear old leather shoes. I do not accept wasting and throwing out food or shoes or other things. I think that any person, regardless of diet he or she eats, can eat whatever he/she wants if that person suddenly decide to brake their own rules. It is not our thing to check what other people eat. If your friend calls herself a vegan and, not intentionally, eats by mistake some non vegan food it is her job to be worried about it, not yours or mina for example:) I think people are to quick to judge others. And I dislike that everywhere I go I have to tell about why I eat what I eat. And everyone is interested what I eat. I, like any other person, your friend too of course, have the right to decide by myself what to eat. I have the right to not eat something when I am offered even without giving reasons. And if your friend said she wouldn't eat gelatin and than, by mistake, she bought something with gelatin, it is her right to eat it. She decides and has the right not to be judged. I think people are weird. If someone is vegan and some day eats something not 100% vegan everyone is eager to judge it or to comment it. But when obese, not healthy people eats another steak or sausage they do not usually have to explain why they do that. In my opinion the fact that your friend at least tries to be a vegan is great, even though she is not 100% successed eating this way, but 99% she is. Many people, like me for example, are vegan due to health reasons. So if they decide to eat for example fish once a year it doesn't affect they health usually. Many people would say, that they are not vegans. I would say that they are, but they took one day holiday from beeing vegan. I am a vegan and I would recommend everyone this healthy diet, but if I were in situation like left alone in the jungle and then offered monkey meat from local people, I would propably eat it. Whould it be really wrong, if I had nothing to eat and starve? Of course when living in civilized country it is quite easy to stay vegan all the time, but not so easy like when you are a meat eater. I would suggest thinking less about other people choices and consider more your own decisions and activities. Are they always right? Have a nice day, jazgottt

hi sedel, for anyone who dosen't eat certain foods, why would they"forget" to read the ingredients..I think your friend is still aspiring...lol