Accidently eating meat

Don't take this the wrong way but Macca's? Really?!
That's hardly vegetarian regardless.
For starters they're the biggest fast-food outlet in the world and by eating there you're supporting a meat selling business.
They've got rennet in their cheese. Rennet is cow stomach. That's not vegetarian.
Their chips contain beef extract as an ingredient. Also not vegetarian.
Other things that people THINK are vegetarian aren't that are sold there. Like their apple pies contain an animal source of L-cysteine. Gross.
No offense, but you should just stop eating there all together.
BTW I've never accidentally eaten meat but I have accidentally eating dairy products/honey/egg products a couple of times (I'm a vegan).

it's okay! everyone makes mistakes and it can be hard sometimes, but it wasn't intentional, so don't worry

I had a bad experience once at a thai restaurant... I ordered praham tofu (satay tofu), they sent me the wrong dish but it was still tofu, so I figured I would give it a try anyway. I looked at the tofu and was a little sussed... I asked my boyfriend to take a test bite, and he said it was fine. I took a whole piece in my mouth and realised the tofu had fish in it!!!!! ARGH! I was a little sick that night... being off meat for so long and developing a hatred for the smells and everything, I just felt like vomiting!
My boyfriend was so upset with himself that he didn't notice there was fish in it, and I'm a little wary whenever he does test bites, lol!

Sorry, but the french fries at MacDonald's in Australia are vegan. They are fried in 100% vegetable oil and all the additives are non-animal derived. I've checked. Their website has complete nutritional information and ingredient lists available.


I agree that supporting them as a company is not ideal, but It's not possible to be perfect all the time, nor is it everyone's prerogative.

And you shouldn't beat yourself up about it, it was an accident, and your guilt isn't achieving anything, so don't worry.

They are! OMG! thats awesome! i always feel guilty eating their chips... because i heard that they added beef flavouring to the chips and i didn't know wether it was real or not.... because i do hate macas but sometimes on school trips its either eat macas or starve for hours and hours (and then be called anerexic from peers).

i accidently ate meat once too.... made me quite sad! but its bound to happen eventually, so yeah!

This has happened to me ..

I work at a chinese restaurant, and after work each night the boss cooks me a vegetarian fried rice. So when i got home i sat down and started to eat .. I put a spoonful in my mouth and could taste bacon. So i looked in the container and there were bacon pieces all through my meal!

I felt sick for the next week and couldn't stop thinking about it.. I know its not that much.. but it was still disgusting, just the thought of the pig.

The 'natural flavoring comes from beef' quote is from 1997, and McDonald's have changed many of their ingredients and processes since then, mainly to try and change their status as unhealthy by lowering cholesterol and sugar from a lot of their products.

The fries at Hungry Jacks are also vegan, the onion rings contain Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, which is commonly derived from soy, but can be derived from animals - you'd have to contact them.

They both contain palm oil, you'd have to contact them to find out whether it's from a sustainable source.

The new vegie burger is neither vegan nor vegetarian, it contains milk, eggs, rennet cheese and many animal derived additives.

I don't think anyone should believe what is written on a biased website, like McDonalds, etc. I believe that although these companies claim they are vegetarian/vegan they still have beef fat for flavouring in them.