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That depends on whether there are more vegan or non-vegan foods. It also depends on which kind of failure is better: accidentally eating something non-vegan, or
by nathan_long 9y ago
That depends on whether there are more vegan or non-vegan foods. It also depends on which kind of failure is better: accidentally eating something non-vegan, or unnecessarily restricting an already-restricted diet.
But in either case you're not going to cover every possibility.
Eg, a complete whitelist would include tomatillos, cactus fruit, dandelion greens... and also stuff like "monocalcium phosphate".
Whereas a complete blacklist would include bear jerky, locusts, pickled pig's feet, monkey brains, haggis...
Also, checking strings is failure prone. "chicken" doesn't match "chicken breast", "chicken thighs", "mechanically separated chicken", etc. That last one is mistakenly considered vegan in the README example. If you try to match "chicken" as a substring, you might exclude "mock chicken" (if that's a real ingredient).
To be thorough, this is going to have to be a VERY big list, white or black.
- camtarn 9y agoI think haggis might be covered by the existing blacklist, as it's usually made with lamb offal, and would usually appear as a sub-list on an ingredients list. For example, here's a haggis pizza: Pizza Topping (59%): Haggis (21%) [Lamb Lungs (33%), Seasoning (Oatmeal, Dried Onions, Barley Flakes, Salt, Spices (Pepper, Pimento), Water, Beef Fat (13%): Beef Liver (10%, Beef Heart (5%)], Mozzarella Cheese (Milk) (21%), Tomato Sauce (17%) [Concentrated Crushed Tomatoes, Additive: Citric Acid, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Oregano, Garlic], Pizza Base: (41%): Wheat Flour. Additives: Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine, Water, Yeast, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Flour (and yes, haggis pizza is a thing...! I wouldn't recommend it though, to be honest, even if you do love haggis.)
- camtarn 9y agoActually, having checked the blacklist, lamb isn't on it...! That seems like a pretty big omission.
- DonHopkins 9y agoIs Gummy Haggis vegan? https://laughingsquid.com/gummy-haggis-gummy-tapeworm-from-archie-mcphee/ https://laughingsquid.com/gummy-haggis-gummy-tapeworm-from-a...