Question-Van's Power Grain Waffles

[wildr0se2]

So my mom has been buying Van's Power Grain Original Waffles (if I got the name right). I could not find whether they were vegan, even though PETA listed them as so. I contacted the manufacturer and they told me they are not certified vegan and aren't planning on certifying. I asked if there were animal products in it regardless, and this was their response:



Does this mean the waffles are NOT safe to consume? I got the gluten free apple cinnamon ones instead, which the Van's website lists as vegan under the FAQ's,

 

[silva]

This is up to you to decide. What is your goal of being vegan? Do you think avoiding the chance of eating some byproduct is going to have an affect on their sales, or cause the company to reconsider it's ingredient sourcing? Or, (like me) appreciate a company that thinks to leave out the usual eggs or dairy. Sugar is often sourced based on pricing and avoiding products based on the chance of bone char filtration isn't going to help, but instead could cause the company to feel it's not worth trying to appeal to vegans at all.
I make it a point to buy beet sugar for home use, but the occasional treat I don't worry about. Pretty much feel the same about things like the source of some enzymes, like for bread dough conditioners. I check, and mostly avoid, but I'm not too obsessive

 

[Lou]

^ I agree.

I do buy products with sugar listed as an ingredient. And I am aware that a lot of manufacturers buy sugar in bulk based on price and do not always know where their sugar comes from or how it was processed. It's something I can live with but that is my own choice.

 

[Chryssie]

Agree with others that have posted and must say, the Vans waffles are really good. I just started buying them!

 

[wildr0se2]

They are really good waffles.

I have a tendency to be perfectionistic about my veganism. I obsess about what is in my food a lot, so it's nice knowing there is some leeway with what I can have. Does anyone have advice about how to be less perfectionistic? I really care about animals and want to do my best to abstain from animal products.

 

[Lou]

They are really good waffles.

I have a tendency to be perfectionistic about my veganism. I obsess about what is in my food a lot, so it's nice knowing there is some leeway with what I can have. Does anyone have advice about how to be less perfectionistic? I really care about animals and want to do my best to abstain from animal products.

Ha!
Check out my motto.

Perfect is the enemy of good
You might try to find and read the essay Personal Purity vs. Effective Advocacy, by Bruce Friedrich. I would link it here but now I can't find it via Google. I read it years ago and it still resonates with me.

I did find a Redditer that comments on it and does a good job.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/ryojs5/vegan_purity

Perfect is the enemy of good - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[silva]

They are really good waffles.

I have a tendency to be perfectionistic about my veganism. I obsess about what is in my food a lot, so it's nice knowing there is some leeway with what I can have. Does anyone have advice about how to be less perfectionistic? I really care about animals and want to do my best to abstain from animal products.

When I was younger I had a bit of OCD about foods. I had a list of all the possible ingredients that could be either plant or animal, and tried avoiding them all. I was also living pretty much paycheck to paycheck, and not a lot of time to cook everything from scratch. I had found algae DHA supplements really helped with my ADHD, bringing a focus to my thinking I hadn't had before. I was in a drugstore comparing prices and they had a really good strength of DHA, and a sale of buy one get one free--and I had a store coupon! While they were algae, they were in gelatin capsules. I walked out, I walked in, I paced back and forth, not wanting to pass up that price, already knowing I didn't function as well without, and I finally bought them.
I came to terms with the idea that while getting a vegan capsule would be a major priority IF if didn't hurt me in other ways, but for my situation, I did what I felt best. I think if I had continued to obsess about everything and make being vegan a chore instead of a benefit I may not have stayed vegan at all.

Don't allow perfection to become the enemy of the good! Do your best, and go forth from there

 

[silva]

I think I've had Vans whole grain berry waffles--could have been a different brand, but they were good! I've been thinking how much I'd like a good waffle. It's been years! Thick and crisp, and fluffy inside--I may be imagining

 

[Chryssie]

Until recently I made my waffles from scratch, but it is so time consuming that when Publix had a BOGO on the Vans I decided to try them. Now my lazy self will probably never make homemade again! LOL

 

[Lou]

I think I've had Vans whole grain berry waffles--could have been a different brand, but they were good! I've been thinking how much I'd like a good waffle. It's been years! Thick and crisp, and fluffy inside--I may be imagining

They are pretty good. I always have a box of Van's waffles in the freezer for days that I run out of milk

 

[wildr0se2]

I think I've had Vans whole grain berry waffles--could have been a different brand, but they were good! I've been thinking how much I'd like a good waffle. It's been years! Thick and crisp, and fluffy inside--I may be imagining

The apple cinnamon gluten free ones are pretty good too.