page_title: Vegetarian cuisine
hierarchical_section_title: Vegetarian cuisine
caption_attribution_description: Español: Determinados alimentos son ricos en antioxidantes. English: These foods are typical of those eaten by the 12 volunteers during a study of how plant-rich diets affect blood lipids, antioxidant defenses, and colon function.
context_page_description: Vegetarian cuisine is based on food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products. For lacto-ovo vegetarianism, eggs and dairy products are permitted. For lacto vegetarianism, dairy products are permitted but eggs are not, and for ovo vegetarianism eggs are permitted but dairy products are not. The strictest form of vegetarianism is veganism, which excludes all animal products, including dairy, honey, and some refined sugars if filtered and whitened with bone char. There are also partial vegetarians, such as pescetarians who may eat fish but avoid other types of meat.
  Vegetarian foods can be classified into several different types:
  Traditional foods that have always been vegetarian include cereals, grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts.
  Soy products, including tofu and tempeh, which are common protein sources.
  Textured vegetable protein, made from defatted soy flour, often included in chili and burger recipes in place of ground meat.
  Meat analogues, which mimic the taste, texture, and appearance of meat and are often used in recipes that traditionally contained meat.
  Eggs and dairy product analogues in vegan cuisine.
context_section_description: Vegetarian cuisine is based on food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products (such as gelatin or animal-derived rennet). For lacto-ovo vegetarianism (the most common type of vegetarianism in the Western world), eggs and dairy products (such as milk and cheese without rennet) are permitted. For lacto vegetarianism, dairy products are permitted but eggs are not, and for ovo vegetarianism eggs are permitted but dairy products are not. The strictest form of vegetarianism is veganism, which excludes all animal products, including dairy, honey, and some refined sugars if filtered and whitened with bone char.  There are also partial vegetarians (flexitarians), such as pescetarians who may eat fish but avoid other types of meat.
  Vegetarian foods can be classified into several different types:
  Traditional foods that have always been vegetarian include cereals, grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts.
  Soy products, including tofu and tempeh, which are common protein sources.
  Textured vegetable protein (TVP), made from defatted soy flour, often included in chili and burger recipes in place of ground meat.
  Meat analogues, which mimic the taste, texture, and appearance of meat and are often used in recipes that traditionally contained meat.
  Eggs and dairy product analogues in vegan cuisine (such as aquafaba, plant cream or plant milk).
caption: A variety of vegetarian food ingredients that are also vegan.
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