9mo ago

Are there any foods that are so abstracted from their original form as to become vegan?

There are "juice" drinks that contain 0% fruit juice so I feel like this isn't an impossibility. I often joke that shit like cheese wiz could not possibly have come from nature. Can anyone think of an example?

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- Dare i ask what's actually in those? It's corn starch like everything else, isn't it.
  
  Crunchy soy chunks. A staple of any vegan diet.
YumYum instant noodles beef flavour, duck flavour and chicken flavour are vegan; vegetable flavour and curry flavour aren't lol
in some asian markets ive seen instant ramen labelled artificial chicken, artificial beef. maybe its vegan?
- Unless they explicitly state so, yes. Chicken Flavour is vegan and so is beef. This also goes for bacon flavoured chips unless they add milk powder for reasons I can't explain.
- Mr noodles beef and chicken flavours are vegan in Canada.
I'm fairly certain its not generally vegan yet, but most "crab" in (cheap) sushi is most definitely not crab. I think it still has some fish in it, but it's teetering out there on the edge.
There are quiet a few "buttery" things, like Ritz crackers, Pillsbury crescent rolls / flaky layers, and most movie theater "butter" popcorn that are vegan.
- Imitation crab is still fish, (usually pollock) it's just pureed and thickened with corn starch I think. Pollock and other white fish is just a lot cheaper to farm than crab, and the process approximates the texture pretty well.
Bacon crisps
I can't say this holds true for all popcorn brands, so ymmv, but I have looked and confirmed that the "butter lovers" popcorn at my supermarket contains no dairy.

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