Is Busken's Seasonal Iced Cookies Vegetarian?


Ingredients
Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil), Eggs, Butter (Pasteurized Cream, Salt), Apricot Kernels, Water, Contains Less Than 2% Of Each Of The Following: Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Corn Starch, Almonds, Baking Powder (Corn Starch, Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Propylene Glycol, Baking Soda, Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Soybean Oil, Palm Kernel, Palm Oil, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycerin, Enzymes, Ethyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, Polysorbate 60, Soy Lecithin, Yellow 5, Food Starch-modified, Red 3, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil), Citric Acid, Red 40, Artificial Color, Blue 1, Butter Oil, Locust Bean Gum, Yellow 6, Xanthan Gum, Dextrin, Confectioners Glaze, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Rice Flour, Invert Sugar, Carnauba Wax, Sodium Benzoate, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Gum Arabic, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Cellulose Gum, Alpha-tocopherols, Blue 2, Carrageenan, Sodium Alginate, Dextrose, Maltodextrin
What is a Vegetarian diet?
A vegetarian diet eliminates meat, poultry, and fish but typically includes dairy, eggs, and plant-based foods. People adopt it for ethical, environmental, or health reasons. This diet emphasizes fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, and seeds as key nutrient sources. Vegetarians often get protein from eggs, tofu, beans, and lentils. It can offer health benefits such as reduced risk of heart disease and improved weight management, though attention should be given to nutrients like iron, zinc, and vitamin B12. With proper planning, a vegetarian diet can be both nutritionally complete and sustainable.


