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Is it easy to follow a vegetarian diet anywhere in this world? A vegetarian\/vegan faces a lot of issues in the real world. In India, there is no dearth for vegetarian food, but a small doubt lingers in one\u2019s mind if there is no mix-up back in the kitchen. What if the food cooked has not come from the same balti (wok) that was used for cooking meat dishes? This might be acceptable for few vegetarians, but not for all of them. Is it fair on the part of restaurants to serve such food to people following a strict vegetarian diet? It is an entirely different issue with western world. Foods that are considered outright vegetarian back in India might not be \u201csuitable for vegetarians\u201d in this half of the world. Life gets confusing, one got to think if the bread one is buying is vegetarian or not. The same goes with chocolates, yogurt, ice-cream and what not. And then the concept of looking at ingredients comes into picture. One has to be knowledgeable enough to identify whether the food has animal fats or vegetable fats, and whether the glycerides are derived from animal source or vegetable source etc. Well, things get trickier if one goes to restaurants though. One doesn\u2019t have a list of ingredients to look at and decide if a particular dish is vegetarian or not. A harmless looking \u201cRed Bean with Rice\u201d could be cooked in chicken broth, and how would one make out such an intricate detail? The menu card doesn\u2019t carry that the dish was cooked in such a broth; is there any regard for vegetarians in this world?<\/p>\n

Wish it\u2019s an ideal world, where in products have a \u201csuitable for vegetarians\/vegans\u201d label and the menu cards specifically state whether the dishes being served are suitable for vegetarians\/vegans, but this ideal world is still some way off. Part of the problem is alleviated because of HappyCow, which lists out 100% veggie restaurants whenever possible and where such restaurants\/stores are available. And if everything fails, one can always rely on fruits and vegetables, which happens to be a healthier option too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it easy to follow a vegetarian diet anywhere in this world? A vegetarian\/vegan faces a lot of issues in the real world. In India, there is no dearth for vegetarian food, but a small doubt lingers in one\u2019s mind if there is no mix-up back in the kitchen. What if the food cooked has not come from the same balti (wok) that was used for cooking meat dishes? This might be acceptable for few vegetarians, but not for all of them. Is it fair on the part of restaurants to serve such food to people following a strict vegetarian diet? It is an entirely different issue with western world. Foods that are considered outright vegetarian back in India might not be \u201csuitable for vegetarians\u201d in this half of the world. Life gets confusing, one got to think if the bread one is buying is vegetarian or not. The same goes with chocolates, yogurt, ice-cream and what not. And then the concept of looking at ingredients comes into picture. One has to be knowledgeable enough to identify whether the food has animal fats or vegetable fats, and whether the glycerides are derived from animal source or vegetable source etc. Well, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9896,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-travel"],"yoast_head":"\nVegetarian Un-friendly World - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/vegetarian-un-friendly-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vegetarian Un-friendly World - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is it easy to follow a vegetarian diet anywhere in this world? 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