10 Foods You'll Be Shocked to Learn Contain Animal Byproducts

Depending on your vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, there are foods you should be aware of that might not always adhere. Sugar, wine and corn tortillas are just a few of the food and drink that may contain animal byproducts or elements. You may be a diligent label reader, but you may also be taking for granted that certain food products that would instinctively seem to be vegetarian or vegan actually are, when in fact they can contain unexpected animal-based ingredients. Here are 10 foods that surprisingly aren't always vegetarian or vegan. Cheese Real Parmigiano-Reggiano isn't a vegetarian product, due to the use of rennet during production. Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium Alarmist headlines like to specifically offer up Parmigiano-Reggiano as a nonvegetarian cheese, but Parm is far from the only culprit in the cheese category that contains more than just the milk. "Cheese is often not vegetarian because of the use of rennet, which helps the milk coagulate and separate into curds an ... Read full article.