Dietician at University of Georgia Can’t Read

Published On: 29 September 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017By

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The University of Georgia's Dietician fails to read the labels and feeds vegans animal by-products.

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Two students at the University of Georgia found they had been consuming animal by-products without their knowledge. Ashley Braid and Jason Lukich found the Dining Hall had labeled some foods as vegan when, in fact, they weren’t. The students found the vegan dishes contained ingredients such as milk, eggs and cheese.

The students are members of a vegan awareness group, Speak Out for Species, and both were understandably disgusted when they found the food was “mislabeled”.

And of course the University has an excuse. The mistake occurred at the “sales level” according to Katherine Ingerson, the food services dietician.  She said, “We were buying Vegan Burgers from Morning Star, and they changed their recipe and ingredients.”

You know, it isn’t that hard to read “eggs”, “milk”, or “cheese”. Whether the company changed their recipe or not is completely irrelevant. It is the responsibility of the dietician to know what’s in the food. I never assume an ingredient list, even if I’ve had the food before.

Then the bullshit continues.  According to Ingerson, the dining hall works on a bid process. Meaning that the lowest bidder wins. Isn’t it great to know that you pay a fortune to go to school and they, in turn, feed you the lowest possible priced slop?  “With the recession, a lot of vegan companies don’t

[make vegan products] anymore,” she said. “It’s not profitable.”

What the hell?  Tofu, the last time I checked, is readily available anywhere.  Vegans aren’t limited to eating just Morning Star burgers.

It’s totally unacceptable.  Ingerson might do some homework of her own and read the damn labels of the food she’s feeding the students.  After all, that’s what the students who go to the University pay her for.

via redandblack.com

Published On: 29 September 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017

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  1. Francesca September 30, 2009 at 12:20 am - Reply

    Yea she would have been sued if a problem like that occured.

    My school made ‘vegan’ eggplant.. however I wonder if it truely was vegan since most breadcrumb contains milk…

    or if the hamburger buns they buy contain whey.

    I’m almost too scared to ask.

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  3. arecarrotsvegan? September 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm - Reply

    im guessing this would have a different outcome, say if, they sickened/killed a student with a food allergy. essentially this is the risk the school takes in being ignorant.

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Dietician at University of Georgia Can’t Read

Published On: 29 September 2009· Last Updated: 17 January 2017· By ·

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

The University of Georgia's Dietician fails to read the labels and feeds vegans animal by-products.

In this article

Two students at the University of Georgia found they had been consuming animal by-products without their knowledge. Ashley Braid and Jason Lukich found the Dining Hall had labeled some foods as vegan when, in fact, they weren’t. The students found the vegan dishes contained ingredients such as milk, eggs and cheese.

The students are members of a vegan awareness group, Speak Out for Species, and both were understandably disgusted when they found the food was “mislabeled”.

And of course the University has an excuse. The mistake occurred at the “sales level” according to Katherine Ingerson, the food services dietician.  She said, “We were buying Vegan Burgers from Morning Star, and they changed their recipe and ingredients.”

You know, it isn’t that hard to read “eggs”, “milk”, or “cheese”. Whether the company changed their recipe or not is completely irrelevant. It is the responsibility of the dietician to know what’s in the food. I never assume an ingredient list, even if I’ve had the food before.

Then the bullshit continues.  According to Ingerson, the dining hall works on a bid process. Meaning that the lowest bidder wins. Isn’t it great to know that you pay a fortune to go to school and they, in turn, feed you the lowest possible priced slop?  “With the recession, a lot of vegan companies don’t

[make vegan products] anymore,” she said. “It’s not profitable.”

What the hell?  Tofu, the last time I checked, is readily available anywhere.  Vegans aren’t limited to eating just Morning Star burgers.

It’s totally unacceptable.  Ingerson might do some homework of her own and read the damn labels of the food she’s feeding the students.  After all, that’s what the students who go to the University pay her for.

via redandblack.com

Published On: 29 September 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017

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Leave a reply

  1. Francesca September 30, 2009 at 12:20 am - Reply

    Yea she would have been sued if a problem like that occured.

    My school made ‘vegan’ eggplant.. however I wonder if it truely was vegan since most breadcrumb contains milk…

    or if the hamburger buns they buy contain whey.

    I’m almost too scared to ask.

  2. Topsy.com September 29, 2009 at 10:20 pm - Reply

    […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by hashvegan. hashvegan said: RT @YourDailyVegan Dietician at University of Georgia can’t read http://ow.ly/rLi8 ¤vegan ↺http://bit.ly/sl3gr […]

  3. arecarrotsvegan? September 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm - Reply

    im guessing this would have a different outcome, say if, they sickened/killed a student with a food allergy. essentially this is the risk the school takes in being ignorant.

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Writer, activist, and founder of Four Urban Paws Sanctuary. I’m on a mission to help people live a vegan life. Read more about KD…

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