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Veggie Runners

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  • 07-07-2007 10:10pm
    #1
    Inglorious
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    Hi. Does anyone know if there's any nike/adidas runners that are vegetarian? I know that there are many websites such as vegetarian-shoes.co.uk that offer veggie runners but i don't really like the look of them. I heard somewhere before that some nike runners are 100% synthetic, can anyone confirm that? And if so what models?


    On a completely unrelated note, do Dublin chippers fry their chips in vegtable oil or animal fat/oils?

    Thanks.


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    Peanut
    Registered Users Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭Peanut


    Inglorious wrote:
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    On a completely unrelated note, do Dublin chippers fry their chips in vegtable oil or animal fat/oils?

    This was discussed here before, but I don't think there was any definitive conclusion.

    There are probably too many small chippers around to generalise, although I would imagine that a lot of the Italian chippers will use similar setups, for example. Regardless of what oil they use, I think there is usually going to be cross-contamination so to speak, from other more meaty stuff. Oops I've just generalised. Oh well :rolleyes:

    As for the chains, I think all of them will use vegetable oil.

    However, in BK and MacDs, they will likely use a lot of semi-hydrogenated oil which is quite bad for you, but they won't cook anything else in that oil.

    In Supermacs, they will use better oil for cooking, but I think it's possible that they may cook other stuff in it occasionally. Not sure about this.

    Abrakebabra - :eek: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


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    nervous_twitch
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    I know Converse are vegetarian-friendly; apart from the infamous canvas shoe, they do an extensive range of runners also :)


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    Nature Boy
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    There's a company called MacBeth that do vegan runners/shoes I have a pair and am very happy with them. got them on www.veganessentials.com but i don't think the pair i got is still there. cost around €70 inc postage


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    Best bet is to look at the shoe and the smbols on it, and see what it is made from. If you are set on Nike.


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    sweet-rasmus
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    percisely as Tar.Aldarion said. look at the symbols. i was talking to a shoe salesperson and they said they have to display when a shoe contains leather. the animal skin outline is the one to avoid. you want the textile/other symbols (a diamond/ wavey lines). i can't find an image for you on the net.

    for anyone looking for any runners, cheap places like penneys are almost guarenteed to only have non-leather runners. just check the label.


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