I ask this in good faith, and I do not mean to bring about struggle sessions with this question (keep it civil, please :). I'm writing a sort of mini-essay on a certain topic (Edit: not anymore, I lost my writing appetite), and veganism fits into that topic (I'm keeping it vague because I'll probably post it here and I don't want to spoil the whole thing). If people are on the fence and others want to know more about what Veganism is and why they should consume in that way, I would be grateful if others more experienced and well-read on the subject could provide resources or counter-reasons. I feel like a lot of the things I believed before going vegan turned out to be misconceptions, and it doesn't hurt to be more educated on a subject, right?
Edit: I need to take a break from the internet again, if my brain wasn't fried already it is now (not anything any of you started, I brought this upon myself)
what
sugar isn't safe??
yeah the common granulated sugar at the grocery store is usually bleached and mixed with bone char
the most fucked up thing about this in the USA is that they're allowed to call the ingredient "natural carbon" when it's used in a situation where it's required to be listed
Most white sugar goes through a refining process that includes animal bone char, unfortunately. But since sugar is in literally every food, there's no way to know outside of calling the manufacturer for every product you buy. I wouldn't be surprised if even items labeled vegan have this problem since they aren't policing their whole supply chain. Its something to despair about because of how normalized it is, but don't beat yourself up over it personally because avoiding it is holding yourself to an impossible standard. You can buy bags of sugar for your own baking that haven't gone through it though.