Vegetarian diet

A vegetarian diet includes all plant-based foods such as fruit, vegetables and legumes , as well as products from living animals like eggs and milk . Vegetarians refrain from eating meat, fish or seafood.
 

There are many reasons why a person may opt for a vegetarian diet and therefore renounce meat.  Animal welfare, personal health and environmental aspects may be at the heart of the decision. Then there is the question of personal taste.

• Animal welfare: Many vegetarians decide to adhere to a vegetarian diet for ethical reasons. They do not want animals to suffer because of what they eat. Species-appropriate animal husbandry would be the basis for those that continue to consume meat.
   
• Health: Eaten in moderation, meat is not fundamentally unhealthy. But it is good to consciously reduce the amount of meat we eat in order to maintain a healthy diet.
   
• Environmental aspects: Factory farming demonstrably contributes to the production of greenhouse gases. Fattened animals emit large quantities of methane. In turn, this affects the carbon balance and therefore our environment.
   

We make our products as natural as possible and only use natural colourings. Real carmine, a natural animal colouring, is used for the glaze of the Fruit Punch Doughnuts. We are currently looking for a natural, plant-based alternative and deliberately refrain from the use of synthetic azo dyes.

As a matter of principle, we only use vegetable-based fats. oils and emulsifiers in our Ölz baked products. The only exceptions are those products in which we process butter obtained from cow’s milk. In these cases, however, butter is clearly visible in the list of ingredients. We do not use animal fats either in the preparation of the dough or for greasing the baking trays and tins.

A vegan diet is a special form of vegetarianism. Vegans do not eat animals or animal products – in other words, they eat a purely plant-based diet.