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Do you vegetarians out there read the labels on the food you buy?

If you do (and you should) you'll know that many common foods are contaminated with animal-based additives.

You probably know that cochineal (120), a natural red colour, is derived from the bodies of pregnant scale insects.

And I'm sure you're aware that gelatine (441), a thickening, stabilising and emulsifying agent that's present in many many foods, is made by boiling animal (usually cattle or pigs) skin, ligaments, bones, sinews or other tissue.

And check that loaf of bread. L-Cysteine is a flour treatment agent extracted from duck and chicken feathers.

But there's lots more....

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