Swimmer963 comments on Effective Altruism Through Advertising Vegetarianism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Swimmer963 13 June 2013 12:49:46PM 2 points [-]

White sugar has animal products in it?

Comment author: SaidAchmiz 13 June 2013 02:09:29PM *  1 point [-]

Not as such, no, but animal products are used in its manufacture: bone char is used in the sugar refining process (by some manufacturers, though not all), making it not ok for vegans.

Comment author: Swimmer963 13 June 2013 06:15:44PM 2 points [-]

Wow. I learned something that I did not know before :)

Comment author: [deleted] 14 June 2013 09:11:59PM 0 points [-]

I had heard that plenty of times, but I had never bothered to check whether or not that was just an urban legend.