{"id":1411,"date":"2009-05-20T09:24:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2015-11-23T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:54:09","slug":"trader-joes-joes-os-are-not-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/2009\/05\/20\/trader-joes-joes-os-are-not-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"are trader joe&#8217;s joe&#8217;s o&#8217;s vegan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- the angry red planet text v1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n   style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n   data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1937695610111096\"\n   data-ad-slot=\"2869187386\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>~ this unhappy news might be interesting to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/tag\/vegan\/\">vegan<\/a> friends. trader joe&#8217;s <em>joe&#8217;s o&#8217;s<\/em> cereal is not vegan. <\/p>\n<p>there is more than one origin for the vitamin d that is frequently added to humans&#8217; processed foods. vitamin <strong>d2<\/strong> is vegan, as it is derived from fungal growth or yeast; on the other hand, vitamin <strong>d3 <\/strong>, (sometimes listed in ingredients as <em>cholecalciferol<\/em>) is derived from lanolin through washing sheep&#8217;s wool. both of the ideas are crazy; what mad scientist was able to convince people that processed breakfast cereal would be improved by rinsing it with wool? in any event, <strong>d2<\/strong> often is in soymilk brands like <em>silk <\/em>and <em>organic valley<\/em>, while <strong>d3<\/strong> is added to fortified breakfast cereals such as <em>cheerios<\/em>, <em>all-bran<\/em>, <em>grape-nuts<\/em>, cascadian farm&#8217;s <em>organic purely o&#8217;s<\/em>, and especially&mdash;to the point of this post&mdash;trader joe&#8217;s <em>joe&#8217;s o&#8217;s<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Kim,<\/p>\n<p>Our Trader Joe&#8217;s Joe&#8217;s O&#8217;s are not Vegan due to the Vitamin D being derived from sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Nicki K.<br \/>\nCustomer Relations<br \/>\nTrader Joe&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;Original Message&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nTo: Web Customer Relations<br \/>\nSubject: Trader Joe&#8217;s Product Information Form<\/p>\n<p>Name: Kim Matott<br \/>\nProduct Name: Joe&#8217;s O&#8217;s cereal<\/p>\n<p>Comments: Hello, I am trying to determine whether there are any animal<br \/>\ningredients in your Joe&#8217;s O&#8217;s cereal product. Many cereals have a<br \/>\nVitamin D (D3) that is derived from sheep. Can you tell me the source<br \/>\nof your Vitamin D? Thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ this unhappy news might be interesting to our vegan friends. trader joe&#8217;s joe&#8217;s o&#8217;s cereal is not vegan. there is more than one origin for the vitamin d that is frequently added to humans&#8217; processed foods. vitamin d2 is vegan, as it is derived from fungal growth or yeast; on the other hand, vitamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46,14],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-rip","tag-vegan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.angryredplanet.org\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}