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Welcome to c/vegan@lemmy.world. Broadly, this community is a place to discuss veganism. Discussion on intersectional topics related to the animal rights movement are also encouraged.
What is Veganism?
'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'
— abridged definition from The Vegan Society
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Resources on Veganism
A compilation of many vegan resources/sites in a Google spreadsheet:
Here are some documentaries that are recommended to watch if planning to or have recently become vegan:
- You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again
- Dominion (2018) (CW: gore, animal abuse)
Vegan Fediverse
Lemmy: vegantheoryclub.org
Mastodon: veganism.social
Other Vegan Communities
General Vegan Comms
Circlejerk Comms
Vegan Food / Cooking
!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org
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I've always wondered what Nutella tasted like! My kids love it
It's the taste of betrayal often marketed as chocolate.
Like palm oil and diabetes
It's sweet but not overly sweet and very rich. It's like if you took fudge, made it creamier, and spread it on something. It's been quite a few years since I've had it. Because it's one of those foods that, like bacon, everyone seems to treat as literal perfection as almost a meme, I'm sure it has an air of intrigue to it. Like bacon, I feel, it's pretty good but unexceptional.
As a German... Nutella is crap. There are way better brands.
In my experience, the German Nutella has always been superior to the American formulation - the former is heavier on the hazelnuts and lighter on the sugar in comparison.
There are still much tastier products out there, especially since there has been time for development of similar products after Nutella became more popular.
So the US nutella is even worse??
Damn
It's basically chocolate frosting that for some bizarre reason people have convinced themselves is healthy, I guess because there's a tiny amount of hazelnut in it?
Nutella marketed it as healthy as it contained milk (powder) and hazelnuts. It was never healthy due to the amount of sugar.
It was originally made with hazelnuts to make a cheaper chocolate alternative. But hazelnuts are still expensive so they bulk it with palm oil. It’s basically chocolate mayo now.
There is no chocolate in nutella