UPDATE: I've been informed that the D3 added to cereal is derived from wool. Therefore, most cereals do not meet my criteria for being vegan.
I mentioned this wasn't one of those fancy vegan food blogs, right? Here's some proof of that fact. This blog isn't designed to flaunt my accomplishments in vegan cooking, but to show the meals of my everyday life.
There's nothing fancy about this breakfast. Pour some soy milk over cinnamon toast crunch and then enjoy a banana on the side.
This meal takes about 1 minute to prepare and is very cheap. The soy milk and cinnamon flavors meld wonderfully. I'm just kidding, it's cereal - cheap, easy and pretty tasty.
Go with the off brand version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for an even cheaper breakfast!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that there was one. Where do you get it?
ReplyDeletei've heard many people considered "cinnamon toast crunch" as non-vegan because of the calcium carbonate - not sure though. im vegan too and I love CTC!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Jay. Calcium carbonate was not on my radar as a potential non-vegan ingredient because it makes me think chalk. Upon further research, it looks like it may come from oyster shell (byproduct of other industries).
ReplyDeleteI'm going to email general mills, hopefully I get a good response rather than a wishy-washy "we cannot guarantee the source of our calcium carbonate" crap. I'll let you know how it goes.
Additional note:
ReplyDeleteI checked my "Guide to Food Ingredients" from the Vegetarian Resource Group. They list calcium carbonate as vegan with a mineral source.
This still deserves further consideration. I'm gonna try to find some time to look into this.