Currently these items have gone to the dark side. The hope in listing them is that if they were to go from the dark to the light, we could add them to the above list. Also if all of us yell loud enough maybe we can nudge manufacturers towards the light.
Tostitos Salsa Con Queso - Bhakti emailed the company and they verified nong, but the cheese has rennet.Â
Tina's Burritos - Bhakti finds out that it IS nong via email, but the cheese has rennet.
President's Choice Tomato Ketchup. We put this here even though it is 50/50 in terms of response from the readers. The fact that Canada does not have to abide by the spice not including onions and garlic lead us to believe this needs to be in this list. If more people reply in favor of this or with more evidence, we will move it back to the in list.
Brooks Rich and Tangy Ketchup, Spice Controversy rears it ugly head. It has been confirmed that as of now spice includes garlic and red peppers. This begs the question, are they in compliance with Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Volume 6 Part 501 Subpart B Item 2 - where it states that garlic and onion cannot be included in spices. Someone needs to go uber-lawyer happy and figure this out. We have a few emails out to Birdseye (who owns Brooks), stay tuned.
Sunshine Burgers. This is a sad one to go on this list. One of the very few veggie burgers. Herbs contain chives, confirmed via phone call by Kirtan and "someone" Hitesh knows.
Penne Lane Low Fat Cheese Ravioli. Cheese has rennet. Confirmed by Suhrid. I kept the Pumpkin version on the list, but sadly it is nowhere as good as the above. Time to get out the pasta maker again.
Jeno's (Gino's?) and Tostino's Frozen Pizza. Deepa let's us know that both contain animal rennet.
Unfortunately Scott emailed Valentinas, Guillerma Sanchez of Salsa Tamazula & Valentina-US, who said this, "All Valentinas sauces contain garlic as part of the spices but no onion."
Abhishek and Nishita have emailed Frito Lay consumer relation and the cheese in Cheetos contains enzymes derived from animal products.