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Ambergris
(Spermaceti)
Source: Sperm
Whale or Dolphins: Used as a flavoring for food and beverages, also margarine.
(Unclean)
Source: May be
animal derived. (Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Blood
Source: Slaughtered
animals: Used in cheese making
and in some medicines. (UNCLEAN)
Calcium Stearate
Source:
Calcium and Stearic Acid (See Stearic Acid): It is an emulsifier and coloring
agent.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Source: See Stearic Acid:
Used as a dough conditioner in bakery products and as a whipping agent.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Source:
Scale insect: A crimson pigment
derived from a Mexican species of scale insect. Used as a coloring in red
applesauce, confections, baked goods, meats, red/pink grapefruit juices, and
spices. (UNCLEAN)
Casein
Source:
Milk: Used as a stabilizer for
confectionery, texturizer for ice cream and sherbets, or as a replacement for
egg albumin. (Because it is precipitated by acid or by animal or vegetable
enzymes it is Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal).
Cholic Acid
Source:
Animal bile: Used as an emulsifier in dried egg whites.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending
upon the animal)
Choline
Bitartrate
Source:
Animal tissue: It is a dietary
supplement included in the B-complex vitamins.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Source:
Cats. Used in raspberry, butter, caramel, grape and rum flavorings for
beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin desserts, and chewing
gum. (UNCLEAN)
Confectionery
Glaze
See
Resinous Glaze and Shellac
Cysteine. L form
Source:
An Amino Acid from human hair (sometimes from deceased women) or horsehair.
Used as a nutrient in bakery products (Pizza dough, Pie dough’s,
etc). (UNCLEAN)
Cystine
Source:
An Amino Acid from urine or horsehair.
Used as a nutritional supplement.
(UNCLEAN)
DATEM
Source: Animal
or vegetable: Used as a dough
conditioner. See Dough Conditioners.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending
upon the animal)
Dough
Conditioners
Source:
calcium stearoyl~2-Lactylate, or animal fat. Used to improve the texture of
bread. Often it will contain Mono and Di-glycerides. (Possibly
UNCLEAN depending upon the source of the animal fat)
Duodenum Substances
Source:
Digestive tracts of cows or pigs.
Used in some vitamins and medicines.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Emulsifiers
Source:
Fats (animal, vegetable or synthetic.) Used
for binding oils and water, a thickener, a preservative in baked goods, and to
reduce ice crystals and air bubbles in ice cream.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Enzymes
Source:
Animal, vegetable, plant or synthetic
proteins. Used to catalyze a
broad spectrum of biochemical reactions in bakery products, cheese making,
flavorings and many other food processing purposes. (Possibly UNCLEAN
depending upon the source)
Fats
Source:
Animal or vegetable. Used in MANY food products.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source of the animal fat)
Fatty Acids
Source:
Animal or vegetable fats. Used as emulsifiers, binders, lubricants and
defoamer components in the processing of beet sugar and yeast.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Gelatin
Source:
Cows, pigs or fruit skin.
It is obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, or bones with
water. Used as a food thickener
and stabilizer and a base for fruit gelatins and puddings.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon
the animal)
Glyceride
See
Mono and di-glycerides
Glycerol
Monostearate
Source:
May be of animal origin. Used as an emulsifier in oleomargarines, shortenings, and
other food products including noodles. (Possibly
UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Glycine
Source:
An amino acid from gelatin, animal or vegetable oil.
Used as a dietary supplement and as a gastric antacid, also as a
flavor enhancer.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source of the gelatin and the animal
oil)
Gum Base
Source:
Trees, synthetic butyl rubber, paraffin, polyethylene, vinyl, resin, glycerin,
glycerol monostearate. Used in the manufacture of chewing gum. (Possibly
UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Lactalbumin and
Albumin(Albumen)
Source: It is usually derived from egg whites but may also be from
blood. Used as an emulsifier in
foods.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source)
Lard
Source:
Pork fat and oils.
It is the internal fat from the abdomen of the hog.
Used in food products, packaging, and in chewing gum bases.
(UNCLEAN)
Lipids
Source:
Animal or vegetable fats. Used as shortening, flavoring, and thickener.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Lysine, L and DL Forms
Sources:
Casein, fibrin, blood. Usually synthesized. Used for food enrichment of
wheat-based foods, breads and cereals. (Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source)
Magnesium
Stearate
Source:
Stearic acid from tallow, vegetable oils or synthetic. Used as an anti-caking
agent.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source)
Mono and
Di-glycerides
Source:
Animal or vegetable. Used as a stabilizer, emulsifier, softener, and
preservative in foods.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Myristic Acid
Source:
Animal or vegetable fats.
Used as a food flavoring.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon
the animal)
Natural
Flavorings
Source:
Anything in nature (animal,
vegetable, plant, etc.) This is
possibly where manufacturers hide ingredients that they don’t want the
consumer to know about.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon
the animal)
Oleic Acid
Source:
Fats and oils (animal or vegetable). Used as a defoaming agent, as a synthetic
butter, cheese, and spice, and as a flavoring agent for beverages, ice creams,
ices, candy, and baked goods and condiments and as a binder and lubricant in
various foods.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Oxysterins
Source:
Glycerides, stearic acid. Used to prevent oil from clouding.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source)
Pepsin
Source:
Enzyme, usually extracted from hog stomachs, but can be synthetic. Use:
coagulant in cheese and some vitamins. (Possibly
UNCLEAN depending upon the source)
Polyglycerol
Esters of Fatty Acids
Source:
Fats and oils (animal or vegetable). Used
as an emulsifier.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Polysorbate
60, 65, 80
Source:
See Stearic Acid (also called Tween). Used as emulsifiers, especially in “non-dairy”
products.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Propionic
Acid
Source:
Synthetic or may be made from cheese. Used as a mold inhibitor, and
preservative.
(Possibly UNCLEAN since the cheese used may contain pork enzymes)
Release
Agents
Source:
Oils, mineral oil, mono-glycerides or synthetic. Used to keep heated foods from
sticking to equipment, utensils, and packaging.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Rennet
(Rennin)
Source:
Animal or vegetable enzymes. Used as a coagulant and curdling agent especially
in cheese and other dairy products. (Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Resinous
Glaze
Source:
Insect secretions. Used as a coating for candies and pills.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending
upon the source)
Serum
Albumin
Source:
Blood plasma protein derived from bovines.
Used as a moisturizing ingredient. (UNCLEAN)
Shellac
Source:
Insect secretions. Used in glaze for confectionery products and in chocolate
panning.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source)
Shortenings
Source:
Animal fats or vegetable oils. Used to make baked goods (pastry, bread, etc.)
light and flaky.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Sodium
Caseinate
Source:
Milk and cheese. (See Casein) Used
as a texturizer in ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk, sherbet, imitation
sausage, soups, stews, “non-dairy”
creamers and instant mashed potatoes.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source of the enzymes used in the
cheese)
Sodium
Propionate
Source:
Synthetic origin or made from cheese. Used as a mold preventative.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the source of the enzymes used in the
cheese)
Softeners
Source:
Animal or vegetable. Used in chewing gum.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Sorbitan
Monostearate
Source:
see Stearic acid. Used as an
emulsifier, defoamer, and flavor disperser.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending
upon the animal)
Sperm Oil
Source:
Whale. Used as a release agent and lubricant in baking pans. (UNCLEAN)
Stearic
Acid
Source:
Animal or vegetable oil. Used in butter and vanilla flavoring for beverages,
baked goods and candy, also a softener in chewing gum base. (Possibly
UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Stearyl Lactate
Source:
Animal or vegetable oils. Used to emulsify shortening in non-yeast leavened
bakery products and pancake mixes. Also used to emulsify cakes, icings, and
fillings.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon the animal)
Tween and Span
See
Polysorbate
Uric Acid (Urea)
Source:
Human Urine.
Used in yeast food and wine production.
It is also used to “brown” baked goods such as pretzels, and in
chewing gum. (UNCLEAN)
Vitamin D3
Source:
Animal or synthetic.
Used in Milk and milk products.
(Possibly UNCLEAN depending upon
the animal)
Waxes
Source:
Insects, animals, petroleum and
plants. They are used to wax
fruits and vegetables; also as a coating for candy.
(Possibly UNCLEAN
depending upon the source)
Whey
Source:
Milk (It is obtained in the manufacture of cheese).
Used as a binder and flavoring agent.
(Possibly UNCLEAN since the cheese used may contain pork enzymes)
References:
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The King James Version of the HOLY BIBLE |
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A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives, Fifth Edition by Ruth Winter, M.S. |
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