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Re:The biggest losers: Metabolic damage or constrained energy? by Snow_Falls on Thursday January 11, 2024 @10:20AM (#38953379)
Chips are vegan you know. As is most sauce.
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Re:The biggest losers: Metabolic damage or constrained energy? by hnra on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:10PM (#38958254)
Interestingly (at least in Sweden) most chips used to not be vegan, but it's getting better. A lot of chips contain animal based flavor enhancers.
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Re:The biggest losers: Metabolic damage or constrained energy? by Snow_Falls on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:15PM (#38960134)
I stand corrected!
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Re:The biggest losers: Metabolic damage or constrained energy? by Aaargh20318 on Friday January 12, 2024 @07:55AM (#38967411)
> A lot of chips contain animal based flavor enhancers.

I think this is mainly as a response to people using plant based fats for deep frying. Traditionally they were fried in beef tallow, no need for any flavour enhancers if you fry them in beef fat.

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Re:The biggest losers: Metabolic damage or constrained energy? by Aaargh20318 on Friday January 12, 2024 @07:53AM (#38967396)
Good example. Fries used to be (when I was a kid) deep fried in beef tallow. Nowadays it's usually plant based fats and while still good, it's not nearly as good as those fried in beef tallow.

Also, fries need mayo, which is made with eggs.

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