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Great shout!Trentham Pieminster have a vegan pie on called 'kevin'
Marzipan pig in hanley has some vegan cakes.
Busy Bee in newcastle does a nice Vegan Langosh
Black Horse Endon has a decent Vegan Menu
Rawr in hanley is highly rated (not been but keep meaning to go)
Rifleman inn in Kidsgrove
A little shocking eh!just read an interesting blog about vegan food this bit was particularly interesting, especially when it comes to E numbers.
Here’s a list of the less obvious animal ingredients that are NOT vegan:
- Casein – a milk protein
- Lactose – a milk sugar
- Whey – a milk by-product
- Collagen – from the skin, bones and connective tissue of animals such as cows, chicken, pigs and fish
- Elastin – found in the neck ligaments and aorta of bovine, similar to collagen
- Gelatine/gelatin – obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments and/or bon sans is usually from cows and pigs
- Aspic – industry alternative to gelatine; made from clarified meat, fish or vegetable stocks and gelatine
- Lard/tallow – animal fat
- Shellac – obtained from the bodies of the female scale insect tachardia lacca
- Honey – food for bees, made by bees
- Propolis – used by bees in the construction of their hives
- Royal Jelly – secretion of the throat gland of the honeybee
- Vitamin D3 – from fish-liver or sheep’s wool
- Albumen/albumin – from egg
- Isinglass – a substance obtained from the dried swim bladders of fish, and is used mainly for the clarification (fining) of wine and beer
- Cod liver oil – in lubricating creams and lotions, vitamins and supplements
- Pepsin – from the stomachs pf pigs, a clotting agent used in vitamins
There are also a few food additives, i.e. E numbers, that are not vegan. So here they are so you can keep away from them too:
- E120 – Carmine, also known as cochineal, carminic acid or natural red 4. Crushed up beetles used as red food colouring
- E441 – Gelatine, a gelling agent made from ground up animal bone and skin, often found in confectionary
- E542 – Bone phosphate, ground up animal bones used to keep foods moist
- E901 – Beeswax, as the name suggests, this is wax that’s made by bees, and is used as a glazing agent
- E904 – Shellac, glazing agent made from the secretions of an insect called the lac bug
- E910, E920, E921 – L-cysteine and its derivatives, made from animal hair and feathers, these additives are found in some breads as proving agents
- E913 – Lanolin, a greasy substance secreted by sheep and other woolly animals. Mostly used in cosmetics, but also used to make vitamins D3, rendering many multi-vitamins and fortified foods unsuitable for vegans
- E966 – Lactitol, a sweetener derived from lactose, which is made from milk
Ditto. We haven't been for 5 years, maybe longer. It used to be quite good (handy for where I live), but the quality (or was it the service) dropped off and we stopped going. Has anyone been recently and could let us know what it's like, please?I haven't been The Wildwood for years but now, it's a possibility.
Heard The Wildwood have a couple of vegan options, so if you're in the area of The Wildwood or The Royal Oak!
I haven't been The Wildwood for years but now, it's a possibility.
https://www.sizzlingpubs.co.uk/
I believe @staffordjas may frequent the Wildwood.
Ditto. We haven't been for 5 years, maybe longer. It used to be quite good (handy for where I live), but the quality (or was it the service) dropped off and we stopped going. Has anyone been recently and could let us know what it's like, please?