This is an empowering book for all those who wish to have their soul nourished and follow the spiritual path of vegetarianism. A vegetarian doesn't eat any dead animals or bits taken from them. Gelatin is used to gel some sweets, jelly, yogurts and other products. It's made from boiling bones, hooves and horns of pigs, cows and horses. Check the ingredients lists if you want to avoid it.
Animal fat is just that - the fat from the bodies of dead animals.
It's boiled off the skin and used in some biscuits, margarine, cake, soups and other things. Suet is the fat taken from around an animal's kidneys. Fortunately, animal fat and suet are seen as unhealthy and loads of products now only use vegetable fats - again just look at the ingredients. Replacing Butter Replacing butter is easy. Practically all supermarkets sell an own brand vegan margarine.