* Is Sugar for Vegan? *

United States
June 15, 2019 8:01pm CST
My husband and I ran into this argument. I was supporting that few manufacturers use cattle bone for refining or whitening the sugar? I get lost when I browse any article related to it. What's your opinion, buddy? Do you consider Sugar for Vegan? Just share your thoughts.. I hope all are doing great and enjoying the weekend to the fullest... Any exciting plans for the weekend? [ Image Courtesy : Google ]
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459348)
• Switzerland
16 Jun 19
Use cane sugar to be sure, it does not need to be "refined". Here the sugar is refined using granular carbon, which does not contain animal products.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
16 Jun 19
Oh that's an interesting information. Luckily, we're getting cane sugar only.. :)
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
17 Jun 19
@LadyDuck : oh, I see!!
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459348)
• Switzerland
17 Jun 19
@smileyhema I prefer sugar cane, the taste is better.
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@allknowing (130165)
• India
16 Jun 19
Just as gelatin is not a veg item you could be right about refined sugar. It does not bother me though as I am a pure non vegetarian (lol)
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
16 Jun 19
Haha.. I get that.. =) Thanks for your inputs, though..
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Jun 19
My opinion is that whatever sugar is, it is not healthy for us and we should use very little if any. My opinion!
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
16 Jun 19
Thanks for your valid concern.. That's very true that we have to reduce the intake..
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@VivaLaDani13 (60541)
• Perth, Australia
24 Jun 19
@smileyhema I hope it wasn't a real argument lol I'm not good with this stuff but judging by the answers here, you've got some knowledgeable MyLotters here.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
24 Jun 19
Haha! It was like one, as he wasn't accepting the fact that there could be no usage of bone in the cleansing process. Yes, but, our other friends helped me to get some idea on it.
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Twinkle
@Teekaaa (11580)
• India
7 Jul 19
I had and have the same opinion of yours ,but I don't know how far it's true!
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
9 Jul 19
Hmm.. It is kind of mixed. I believe, there are two variants. One side, they don't use any bone char for refining while the other includes the same in the process.
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Shikha William
@Kanubanu (3094)
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27 Jun 19
The refined sugar manufactured usually involves the bone char filter process.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
27 Jun 19
Yeah, Shika! :-) I got that clear now.. I was under a confusion before.. but now I'm okay.. thanks for confirming..
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
27 Jun 19
@Kanubanu Yes, Shikha. Thank you so much for looking into my discussions. Really means a lot to me and glad that you liked it.
Shikha William
@Kanubanu (3094)
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27 Jun 19
@smileyhema You are most welcome dear.By the way I want to tell you that today I have read most of your discussions and they are really very interesting
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
16 Jun 19
Until I read your post, I had no idea bone char was used in making sugar white. Raw sugar - the naturally brown sugar, would be Vegan, but most commercially available white sugar may not be.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
16 Jun 19
Oh.. thanks for any input here. Even I did not know this until recently.. I was informed about this by a taxi driver in my country, when we were discussing about vegans, Vegetarianism etc..
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DianneN
@DianneN (247219)
• United States
19 Jun 19
My new daughter-in-law is a strict vegan. Any sugar is NOT allowed. They are all made with bone char. You are right and win the argument!
Jojo
@Sojourn (13836)
• India
16 Jun 19
I didn't knew it. I am pretty shocked at this moment (being a Hindu)!
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
16 Jun 19
Oh.. even I did not knew it before.. Just when we picked on a conversation with a driver, that he informed us that Sugar might not be a proper vegetarian food.. I was in the same shock before.. =)
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