Glossary

Glossary of Vegetarianism and Vegetarian Cuisine

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Definitions of and additional information about terms related to vegetarianism and vegetarian cuisine.

Foods, Supplements, Nutrition Agar Agar-agar Aquafaba Arrowroot B12 Bean curd Beans Brewer’s yeast Casein Caseinate Cheese, soy Chinese-style tofu Cobalamin Cyanocobalamin EVOO Extra-firm tofu Extra virgin olive oil Fat Firm tofu Flaxseed Food yeast Gelatin Gluten Hemp HDL Japanese-style tofu Kanten Kau fu Kosher gelatin LDL Legumes Lentils Linseed Living foods Milk, soy Monounsaturated fat n-3 n-6 Nooch Nutritional yeast Olive oil Omega-3 Omega-6 Olive oil Organic sugar Peanuts Peas Polyunsaturated fat Primary-grown yeast Quinoa Raw sugar Rennet Rennin Saturated fat Seitan Silken tofu Sodium caseinate Soft tofu Soy Soya Soybean Soybean curd Soy cheese Soymilk Sucanat Sugar Tempeh Textured Soy Protein Textured Vegetable Protein Tofu Trans fat TSP Turbinado sugar TVP Unrefined sugar Vegetable Jell-O Virgin olive oil Vitamin B12 w-3 w-6 Wheat gluten

Vegetarianism + Classifications Crusto-vegetarian D symbol Ento-vegetarian Flexitarian Fruitarian Kasher Kosher Kosher dairy K symbol Lacto vegetarian Living foodist Mollo-vegetarian Ovo-lacto vegetarian Ovo vegetarian Pareve Pescatarian Plant-based Porco-vegetarian P symbol Raw foodist Repto-vegetarian Semi-vegetarian Veg*n Vegan Vegetarian

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