albumins- proteins derived from animals, usually egg whites
Candles- usually contain animal fat or beeswax
Carminic acid, carmine,
chochineal extract, red dye #40- red pigment extracted from crushed
cochineal insects; Some flavors of
Snapple beverages use this
dye
casein, caseinate- milk protein, found in many "non-dairy" foods
collagen- beef by-product found in creams, lotions and cosmetics
down- plucked feathers of duck and geese which causes considerable pain, also can be a slaughter byproduct
elastin- obtained from neck ligamnts or aorta of cows, found in cosmetics
gelatin- (protein from bones, hooves, horns, skin), found in marshmallows, pill capsules, and all brands of film
honey- produced by bees and needed by them for proper nutrition (bee farmers substitute sugar water causing the bees malnutrition and starvation)
ivory- tusk of elephants
keratin- found in shampoos, can be opained from human hair
lactic acid- can be derived from meat, dairy, or plants'
lactose- milk sugar
lanolin- from wool fat, found in cosmetics and creams
lard- animal fat, found in food
leather- skin of an animal, provides much needed revenue to meat industry, chemicals used in leather are toxic to the environment
lecithen- in foods' can be from eggs or soy
musk oil- painfully obtained from musk deer, beavers, civet cats and otter genitals
pate- liver of birds
placenta womb lining, found in cosmetics
Premarin- female hormone therapy, preganant mare urine, taken from factory farmed horses, there are synthetic alternatives
propolis- collected by bees, needed for their survival
rennet, rennin- from calf stomachs, found in many cheeses
silk- silkworms are boiled or baked alive (the initial heat causes them to create silk)
sperm oil- slaughter product of the sperm whale
stearic acid- found in shampoos, creams, and lotions. etc; can be vegetable derived
sugar, refined- charred animal bones are often used as a dicoloring agent' companies that use bone chare" Domino, Savannah Foods, California and Hawaiian Sugar; sugar not discolored with bone char: beet sugar (labeled "granulated sugar" or "fine granular sugar"), turbinado sugar (from any company); Jack Frost Sugar, Florida Crystal, C&H's Washed Raw Sugar
tallow- animal fat, found in soaps and cosmetics
whey- milk extract
wool- electronic
shearers using sensors often clip the animal too cloase and cut the skin,
layers of skin on sheep's buttocks are cut off without anesthetic causing
severe pain to prevent blowfly infestion (called "museling"), at the end
of their wool-producing cycle many are shipped from Australia (packed tightly
on ex-oil tankers and many die from conditions) to Turkey where they await
brutal slaughter, Dept of Ag. of New South Wales reported 1 million (out
of 52 millio) sheep deaths annually from cold exposure in the 30 days following
shearing