Hello everyone! Just wanted to share something I recently discovered.
Since going vegan, I haven't had a single ice-cream, which was one of the worries I had when transitioning (still, I don't think the pleasure derived from a couple of spoonfuls is more important than the suffering behind them), but the other day we had some regular, store-bought ice-cream at home.
I live in Argentina, and, being an heavily Italian-influenced culture, we have gelatto stores everywhere, they are a big part of our culture. And it is common that people buy a kilo of gelatto and keep it in the freezer. My family was enjoying the gelatto when I had an idea and I wrote an e-mail to the company - I wasn't expecting them to answer, but they answered immediately. I asked them whether their "water" ice-creams were vegan. Gelattos here are divided into two groups: cream-based and water-based. I have always been a bigger fan of the water-based ones, by the way, but they might include gelatin. So I wrote to them asking about this, and they told me that their water-based ice-creams are vegan! I couldn't believe my eyes!
Needless to say, I jumped spoon first into the big ice-cream container and felt very merry. I have decided to contact other gelatto stores to find out which ones are vegan-friendly. I feel very happy, and wanted to share this with all of you, because maybe it happens to you what happens to me: I take it for granted that things are not going to be vegan and decide not to ask, and end up missing out on many vegan options that I didn't know were there.
Have a lovely day, everybody!
Since going vegan, I haven't had a single ice-cream, which was one of the worries I had when transitioning (still, I don't think the pleasure derived from a couple of spoonfuls is more important than the suffering behind them), but the other day we had some regular, store-bought ice-cream at home.
I live in Argentina, and, being an heavily Italian-influenced culture, we have gelatto stores everywhere, they are a big part of our culture. And it is common that people buy a kilo of gelatto and keep it in the freezer. My family was enjoying the gelatto when I had an idea and I wrote an e-mail to the company - I wasn't expecting them to answer, but they answered immediately. I asked them whether their "water" ice-creams were vegan. Gelattos here are divided into two groups: cream-based and water-based. I have always been a bigger fan of the water-based ones, by the way, but they might include gelatin. So I wrote to them asking about this, and they told me that their water-based ice-creams are vegan! I couldn't believe my eyes!
Needless to say, I jumped spoon first into the big ice-cream container and felt very merry. I have decided to contact other gelatto stores to find out which ones are vegan-friendly. I feel very happy, and wanted to share this with all of you, because maybe it happens to you what happens to me: I take it for granted that things are not going to be vegan and decide not to ask, and end up missing out on many vegan options that I didn't know were there.
Have a lovely day, everybody!
