I will not intentionally purchase anything in the meat and dairy sections. Otherwise, I assume that it is vegan enough for me.
But, some of you guys know about every little thing that is not vegan. I call that integrity. But, I do not have the brains or time to figure out everything is vegan.
Whilst it is important to try, it is also important to
know about your subject and what I have read, you don't know and you are not trying.
Veganism isn't just what you eat (or try to avoid eating in your case) and it strikes me that what you eat could be improved with education - your view isn't even vegetarian(!), but at least you are trying I guess.
Without wanting to throw a major spanner in the works, not purchasing from the meat and dairy sections isn't enough. You need to be more concerned about the welfare of animals and exactly what happens to their bodies when they are slaughtered. Personally I don't give a toss if an animal has "pooped" on the food I eat - that's called nature. It happens in the wild and plants take advantage of it naturally.
What I care about right now is how animals/insects/fish/etc are treated for all the products I use or eat.
There are plenty of things that you need to consider, but just thinking about the supermarket, you need to concern yourself with the personal hygiene isles, the jams/jellies/anything spreadable isles, others have mentioned cans isles, packet soups is the same (don't bother replying I know you'll say they are too unhealthy but there are others who read replies and learn as well). the pasta isles, the oils isle, the rice isles, desserts whether frozen or not, the occasional treat or otherwise are also areas to consider, then there is the eggs isle, the bread isle, the.... do you get me? Ev
ery single isle in the supermarket needs consideration. Every single isle has potential pitfalls.
Avoiding the obvious meat and dairy isles just isn't enough.
Lets explore :
personal hygiene.... take 1 aspect - soaps (anything with soap in any form in it, so liquid, solid, spray, you name it). Soap is typically made from animal fat. It is pretty much the last thing done with bones and skin and organs (intestines etcs) not used for pet food. Boil or render it down and extract the fat from it to make into hand soap/facial soap/shampoo...
sugar comes from 2 sources. Cane sugar and beet sugar. mentioned above That typically uses animal bones that have been burnt and ground up....
Honey - goes without saying. Vegetarian yes, vegan no.
Eggs - again goes without saying - vegetarian yes, vegan no.
Margarine - a massive amount has dairy in it - so not vegan
Bread - again, a massive amount has added ingredients from honey to dairy to supposedly make it taste better.
Alcohol - well anything that requires clarification (by which is mean removing fine matter from the liquid to make it clear) and that is typically done using fish bladders (or animal bones charred)…. wine in particular is one that needs checking.
Spirits are not an issue (pure spirits that is) - they are made using distillation, so no need for clarification (process of clearing as described above) but presumably you consider these to be too unhealthy.
As for the frozen isles - we all go there very occasionally. Chips (as in fries whether chunky, steak cut or shoelace, just not crisps (UK terminology) also need checking. I have found frozen chips with beef dripping, whey protein coatings, skimmed milk powder (I have a fatal allergy to dairy proteins so everything has to be double checked.... and please don't confuse this with lactose intolerance which at worst can make you exceptionally unwell, this is full on anaphylactic shock, dead in 3 minutes but that's not your concern, its mine.)
This is all basic vegetarianism, not even veganism.
So to answer your question are you vegan enough? I personally think you should be asking yourself if you are vegetarian enough? You haven't even covered that base yet imo
clothing? shoes? dyes? again all need consideration.
hope that helps to open your eyes.