£5 note contains animal fat. For vegetarians and vegans

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news.sky.com/story/vegan-campaigners-demand-animal-fat-removed-from-new-1635-notes-10676891

I hope this raise awareness.

I am not a vegetarian but people who choose to be should know that bank notes be aware.

It's not just the vegans that are fucked off....

HonniBee you win the internet today

I've just seen this. Puts things into perspective somewhat.

Sorry. I didn't read previous post

I think it's not about the amount of animal product that is in the note, but the fact that it is there at all (intentionally, not just as a result of accidental factory cross-contamination, which most vegans reluctantly live with).

Half a cow in mass maybe but it won't all have come from one cow and more will need to be made in the future.

I guessed certain religious groups wouldn't be happy about this too. It really hasn't been thought through.

I can't quite understand why they would do this, why add it.
Very odd.

They're not just randomly adding tallow for kicks, as part of the industrial process for these plastics you NEED a tiny amount of either tallow or plant based alternative.

There is far more tallow produced by the meat industry than needed by industry. So they can either use the cheap and readily available waste product tallow, or that tallow will be wasted and destroyed and a plant based alternative can be made, which doesn't affect the number of animals killed (they were all dead for the meat anyway), but does have an increased environmental cost.

I know which seems the sensible option to me.

I've seen so many angry posts on various internet forums from people who refuse to handle items containing animal products. It makes me chuckle because the devices they're using to tell the world about their boycott also contain animal products.

None of the Scottish ones do.
www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38169194

Good to know so being in Scotland means I'm unlikely to come across an English non veggie one.

Where this night get interesting...vegans and those objecting for religious reasons might try to obtain and use scots notes!

Good luck with that though as so many retailers won't accept scots notes even those near the border.

Not goady, just curious ... What do vegan mums do about things like head lice and threadworms?

I tend to show no mercy, tbh. Animal rights are all very well and good, but I draw the line at pestilence

I do usher flies out of windows and have been known to rescue wasps, though. I'm nice like that!

Get rid - headline can cause terrible open sores if left forever. We don't want to exploit animals for the benefit of humans, that is different to de-lousing ourselves to avoid pain and discomfort!

Send them all to PO BOX Haunting

Not goady, just curious ... What do vegan mums do about things like head lice and threadworms?

Ummm.. Refrain from feeding their kids head lice and threadworms maybe?

Tallow has been used in paper presses for years and years

all of the old notes had traces of it in
but people could not tell

All banknotes contain animal matter unless they are freshly off the press. Think of all the people that have handled the note you're holding, all the germs and bacteria it plays host to!

Nobody is obliged to use a £5 note or accept one as change or for a transaction.

No need for the weird face, Fizz it was a civil question.

It's on the BBC website that Scottish banknotes also contain animal products.

If this is a major problem in peoples lives then WOW!!!!

I'm lucky to have a spare fiver, FWP so zero fucks given

I couldn't give a toss.

I know veggies of all kind. One is veggie except on Thanksgiving. Another refuses to take some meds prescribed for his skin condition because obviously they were tested on animals. One is veggie except for chicken. One is veggie except for fish. And they all call themselves "veggies"! Idk...

The link upthread which said 'none of the Scottish ones do' (contain tallow) actually says they also contain traces.
As with the English ones, its a trace acquired during the manufacturing process. The notes are made from polypropylene, which is made from mineral oil. Its used for many purposes and chances are they too may have traces of tallow.

Thanks Used but I will continue to use aaaaaany face I like