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A booklet entitled 'The Compassionate Consumers: Animal-Based Products And What To DoAbout Them', issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India, under the ministry of socialjustice and empowerment (headed by Maneka Gandhi till the last cabinet reshuffle), listsproducts which owe their origin to the animal kingdom.

The booklet appeals to consumers to desist from using animal-based products to preventkilling of animals. It warns: "There are many products in the market that areostensibly vegetarian but in fact contain animal-based ingredients. It is, therefore,necessary to both recognise them yourself as well as alert others to them."

According to the booklet, most common products may have animal extracts in them:

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Agarbatti        Adhesive and fixatives may be of animal originBiscuits         May use animal-based enzymesBread and buns   Often glazed with eggs, milk, melted fat Cakes            Could contain egg or fish powderChips            Fried in animal fatabroad, especially in fast food eateriesChocolate        May use egg white, egg lecithin, shellac and gelatineChyawanprash     May contain powdered deer antlers Cola             May contain glycerol,which can be of animal originCondoms          May be made from sheep intestinesCricket balls    Made of leather and sewn with pig hairCustard powder   May contain eggsFertilisers      May contain ground bone,dried blood, fish and poultry wasteForeign cheese   Most contain animal stomach acidsGlue             Made from hide cuttingsIce-Cream        Could contain eggs and/or gelatine Jams and         May have gelatine jelliesLiquor           Clarifying agents can be obtained from gelatine, albumin etcMargarine        May contain animal fat, fish oil, gelatineMoisturisers     May have serum albumen, udder and umbilical extractPaper            Handmade paper may contain animal bones, gelatinePerfumes         Fixatives may include civet, musk, ambergrisPhotographic     Uses gelatinefilmSafety matches   Contain animal-based adhesivesShampoo          May have vitamin B-complex, possibly of animal originShuttlecocks     Made from duck-wing feathers, gelatine, animal glueSoaps            May have tallow from slaughterhousesSuntan lotions   Usually have turtle oilToothpaste       May contain bone ashToffees,         Usually contain gelatine peppermintVanaspati        May contain vitamins A and D of animal origin

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