The Vegan Thread

I just bought some non leather dms so...

I’m looking for opinions on buying vegan products from not 100% vegan companies. Would this bother you?

Sorry, late reply--it's a constantly-recurring question, but I don't think it's a dilemma. There certainly is a case for giving your money to vegan companies more than non-vegan ones, even if they have vegan offerings, and I think buying from fully vegan outfits should be a priority. I've never worried about that too much, though. If I have the chance to get something from a fully vegan company, market stall, or shop, I'll do that. Most of the time, that's not the case (yet), but you do what you can.

There are different kinds of product; some products could have their entire production process replaced by something vegan, whereas in food, say, omnivorous companies that start to offer something vegan will probably retain their non-vegan product(s) from which the vegan ones are derived, too. There are honourable exceptions--I remember two from Fat Gay Vegan's influencing--Greedy Khao, who were not vegan initially, became fully vegan, as did Arancini Brothers. That's obviously the best scenario.

However, take the example of Sutton and Sons, who now have two 'fish and chips' shops in Graham Road (E8). They introduced a vegan menu, which became so popular that they opened a second, fully vegan, shop in the same street. I think that's a good development, too. Still, If I had a choice to buy 'fish and chips' from them or from (fully vegan) Battered, I'd go for Battered, who seem very sound--collection tins for hunt sabs on the counter, etc.