Jainism and Animal Issues 1997

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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Jainism and Animal Issues
ASPARTIC ACID -- DL and L Forms. Amino succinate CALCIUM PHOSPHATE -- Anticaking agent; adds Acid. Can be from animal or plant (such as molasses) calcium in bread. Usually from crushed rocks. M. source. In creams and ointments. Sometimes CAPRYLIC ACID - Can come from cow and goat milk (L). synthesized for commercial use. A, M, or V.
Also from palm and coconut oil, other plant oils (V). In ASPIC -Savory jelly derived from meat and fish (A). Used perfumes, soaps. as a glazing agent.
CARAMEL -- Food coloring. Formerly plain burnt sugar; ASTRAKHAN -- Skin of still-born or very young lambs now may also contain dairy cream, skim milk (L). Also from a breed originating in Astrakhan, Russia. Used for see sugar, and charcoal. clothing (A).
CARMINE/CARMINIC ACID -- Red pigment obtained AZO. DYES -- Artificial colorings synthesized from from the crushed female cochineal insect (I). Reportedly petroleum. M.
70,000 beetles may be killed to produce a single pound of BAKING POWDER -- A leavening agent (q.v.).
this dye. In cosmetics, shampoos, red apple sauce and BEE PRODUCTS (I) -- Made by bees for the use of bees.
other foods. May cause allergic reactions. Alternatives Bees are selectively bred; culls are killed. A cheap sugar include beet juice or alkanet root; no known toxicity in is substituted for their stolen honey, and if insufficient
either. amount is given they starve over the winter. Smoke is CAROB GUM -- Stabilizer. Gum from the locust bean. often used to intoxicate the bees, making them more Used in ice cream, salad dressing, pie fillings, bakery docile for handling. See bee pollen, beeswax, honey, products, soft cheeses, infant foods. Carob itself is a propolis, royal jelly (all I).
more healthful chocolate substitute. V. BEE POLLEN -- Collected from the legs of bees. CASEIN -- The main protein of cow milk. Casein and
According to Amberwood, "their legs are often torn off by caseinates are used in many manufactured foods, such as pollen- collecting trap doors." In food supplements, "non-dairy" creamers -- So-called because they are not shampoos. Too concentrated for human use, and causes primarily dairy-based. It does not mean they are free of allergic reactions in some people. (I)
all dairy-derived ingredients. L. BEESWAX - Secreted by bees to produce combs (I). CASHMERE - Fine wool from the domestic or wild goats Used in lipsticks and many other cosmetics, in making of Kashmir or Tibet. Sweaters or other clothing made candles, crayons, furniture and floor polishes from this wool. A. Alternatives include paraffin (petroleum wax), various CASTOREUM (castor) -- An aroma fixative obtained from vegetable oils, fats, waxes (carnauba, candelilla wax, etc.) the anal sex gland of the beaver (A). Used in perfumes from plant sources (V); synthetic beeswax (M).
and incense. Alternatives: synthetics, plant sources. BENZOIC ACID - A Preservative used in tea and coffee Not to be confused with CASTOR OIL, which is from extracts, pickles, juices, soft drinks, etc. M.
the castor bean (V) and is in many cosmetics. BIPHENYL (DIPHENYL) -- Preservative used to control CATGUT -- Tough cord or thread made from the mold growth on citrus fruit. Applied to wrappers or to intestines of sheep, cattle or horses (A). Used for the inside of shipping containers. M.
stringing musical instruments and tennis rackets, BLEACHING AGENT -- Used to process flour and surgical stitching. Substitutes include nylon and other produce a uniform color. Includes nitrogen oxides, modern synthetic fibers (M). chlorine, chlorine dioxide, ammonium persulphate. Used CAVIAR -- Roe of the sturgeon and other fish (A: the in bread manufacture. M.
mother fish are cut open to obtain it). BONE ASH -- (bone earth) -- Ash of burned bones, used CELLULOSE - Used as an emulsifier and thickener, in ice as a fertilizer, in making ceramics, and in cleaning or cream, pie fillings, and in slimming foods. Obtained from polishing compounds. A.
plants. V. BONE MEAL -- Animal bones (A). In some fertilizers, CETYL ALCOHOL, cetyl lactate, cetyl myristate, cetyl vitamins and supplements as a source of calcium; and palmitate, ceteth-1, -2, etc. -- Wax found in spermaceti toothpastes. Alternatives: plant mulch, vegetable (see) from sperm whales or dolphins (A). Used in compost, dolomite, clay, vegetarian vitamins.
lipsticks, mascaras, nail polish removers, hand lotions, BONITO FLAKES -- A fish derivative -- "bonito" is a type cream rouges, many other cosmetics, shampoos, hair of mackerel -- used in some macrobiotic foods. A.
lacquers and other hair products, deodorants, BULKING AGENTS -- Such as polydextrose. (M). Used
antiperspirants. (Federal regulations currently prohibit to increase volume, as in slimming products.
the use in the U.S.A. of ingredients derived from marine BRAWN -- Boiled meat, ears and tongue of pig. A.
mammals.) Alternatives: vegetable cetyl alcohol, such as BRISTLE -- Stiff animal hair (usually from pigs), used in
coconut (V), or synthetic spermaceti (M). brushes (A). Replaced by nylon, other synthetics (M).
CHALK (Creta preparata) -- Used in bread as a source of BUTYLATED HYDROXY ANISOLE
calcium. M.
(BHA) -- Antioxidant. M.
CHAMOIS -- Soft leather from the skin of the chamois BUTYLATED HYDROXY TOLUENE
antelope, sheep, goats, deer, etc. (A). Used mainly for
(BHT) - Antioxidant. M.
cleaning/polishing cloth. CALCIUM CHLORIDE - In preserved fruit/vegies for
CHARCOAL -- Clarifying agent, used in making soft and crisping/firming. M, but avoid for health's sake.
alcoholic drinks, and refining sugar (q.v.); also used in
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