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17th Oct 2018

A well-known foodie said avocados AREN’T vegan, and sorry… what?

Olivia Hayes

Say what now?

Avocados are vegan, right? All fruit and veg are vegan. ALL.

But apparently not.

And it’s one of our favourite stars (who we love) that pointed it out.

On a recent episode of QI, which former Great British Bake-Off host and known foodie Sandy Toksvig presented, she tried to explain how the millennial-favourite food wasn’t vegan.

She said: “It’s the same reason as honey. They can’t exist without bees, and bees are used in, let’s call it an ‘unnatural way’.

“Because they are so difficult to cultivate naturally, all of these crops rely on bees which are placed on the back of trucks and taken very long distances across the country. It’s migratory beekeeping, and it’s unnatural use of animals, and there are lots of foods that fall foul of this.”

And well, everyone fought back:

What do you think? Utter BS?

Topics:

avocados,Vegan