On 3/1/2013 7:46 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 3/1/2013 6:52 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> unless the sugar says vegan, it's not.
>>
>>
>> What the hell does that mean, exactly? Regular everyday table-sugar is
>> extracted from sugar cane or sugar beets. What isn't vegan about it? Cane
>> and beets are plants. Educate me.
>
> This has been posted many times here before. Bone char is generally used in
> the making of sugar.
>
> http://veganproducts.org/sugar.html
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_char
>
>
Weird. I don't use a lot of sugar but since I'm not running a sugar
plantation it wouldn't occur to me to worry about how it's processed.
These people really are obsessed. I still plan to avoid associating
with any preachy vegan types. Also the only holistic medicine types.
They seem to be cut from similar cloth.

Jill