How do you know if something’s really vegan?

Admittedly, it can seem impossible to figure out the origin of the multi-syllabic ingredients that appear on a food label. Where does this stuff come from? Unfortunately, a lot of the stranger-sounding food ingredients come from slaughterhouses or milk products. Many unfamiliar ingredients are actually in the dictionary, or you can Google them to find out where they come from. But there will always be ingredients whose origin is impossible to determine. Monodiglycerides, anyone? Probably [...]