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EquALLity wrote:Anyone know if vending machine stuff is fungible or not?
What do you mean?
If you buy something from a vending machine, would it register as just a certain type of food or something, and not necessarily the specific vegan one that you bought?
Probably not, but I wanted to confirm that, because vending machine stuff seems to change often, and when you put in a number, the name of the product corresponding to it doesn't show up or anything.
Also, I remember looking at some nutrition information about products in a vending machine once (on the vending machine), but it was really outdated.
They probably compare what they put in and what's left every now and then.
e.g. you put in 50 mars bars and 50 bags of nuts at the start of the month. Next month, you count and see there's 10 mars bars left and 30 bags of nuts. You're gonna buy more mars bars than nuts.
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It's unlikely, but they're crazy expensive anyway. Better to buy your own snacks and bag them. Like nuts, or pretzels, and dried fruit. If you buy in larger amounts and mix it yourself you can save a lot of money.
Remember: ziplock bags are reusable. Just wash them out, and leave them open to the air to dry.
This doesn't really have anything to do with fungibility, but I just learned that a lot of products without animal ingredients that are fortified (like non-dairy milks) have 'vitamin a palmitate' (apparently almost always from palm oil).
Beware.
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EquALLity wrote:This doesn't really have anything to do with fungibility, but I just learned that a lot of products without animal ingredients that are fortified (like non-dairy milks) have 'vitamin a palmitate' (apparently almost always from palm oil).
Beware.
This is true, but this is a trace ingredient, so I suggest not worrying about it.
Palm oil is most meaningful in large amounts as a major ingredient in something. That's what you need to focus on avoiding; don't drive yourself nutty with the micrograms of derived ingredients.
