Animal-based synonyms

Animal-based proteins are complete versus plant-based ones which may be incomplete.

Milk and rennet are both animal-based products, but they also have vegetarian and vegan alternatives.

Since vegans avoid all animal-based products, all animal source milk products are off limits.

There are two forms of iron for the body: "heme" and "non-heme." The former is derived from the hemoglobin of animal-based foods, while the latter refers to iron from grains, vegetables, and legumes.

Main food sources of B12 are animal-based, such as red meat, poultry, shellfish, dairy, and eggs.