Being Vegan in Bali... easy or a struggle?

Food - everywhere
Products - No clue

May be you can mention one a Non - vegan product?
since I never heard a shampoo for vegan, and hopefully there is no shampoo with animal oil 

Mann... i Just read about "Products You Didn’t Know Contain Animal Ingredients"
I can say its not easy to find that kind of stuff in Indonesia.

Vegan products aren't just things with animal bits in them, they must also have caused no harm to animals in their production.

Sad as the situation might be, the vast majority of vegan products are rubbish in that they use packaging that does contribute to animal harm, either in the production process or after disposal ... or both.

However there is a bright side, capitalists milk a minority market with overpriced products aimed at people without a clue but Indonesia offers a million examples of ways to live a true or very close to vegan lifestyle.
Watch out for cooked foods as many are cooked in palm oil and that industry does a lot of damage to animals of various types - if you can believe the stuff on the internet.

Gede Eka Sastrawan wrote:

Mann... i Just read about "Products You Didn’t Know Contain Animal Ingredients"
I can say its not easy to find that kind of stuff in Indonesia.

Veggie and vegan food is everywhere, literally on every main road and a lot of side roads.
Assuming you can live without worrying about the type of oil the stuff is fried in in case an animal was harmed by assigning land to palm oil production, there are vegan options every second stall.
It isn't advertised as veggie or vegan as it's normal here not to eat meat (Or much meat) due to cost.

thank you all so much! Yes, rice, beans and veggies are all I need to sustain my diet. I am a little concerned about other products, as I do order a lot if not all of my vegan products on amazon.com. I will just have to stock up before going...

AND vegan shampoo, lotion, body wash, soap, etc.... it means that no animals product such as honey or goat milk or any type of animal testing was done.

Lots of Vegan restaurants are available in Bali:

http://www.inbali.org/balis-top-10-char … nic-cafes/http://www.theveganwoman.com/vegan-in-b … s-in-ubud/https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/Restaura … -Bali.htmlhttps://madebyluci.co.uk/vegan-food-seminyak-bali/

Vegan soap available here too:

https://www.soaptheearth.com/product/ba … -bar-soap/

You should contact them for other care products.

great, thanks they all look yummy ! there are markets that sell fresh produce and fruits in Denpasar, right?

Yes wet markets are everywhere. Actually Indonesians usually buy their fruit and veg from the market and not in supermarkets. You'll find them everywhere. Best to go early in the mornings.

rbparay wrote:

great, thanks they all look yummy ! there are markets that sell fresh produce and fruits in Denpasar, right?

There goes a post from the inexperienced

When you get there, you'll realise why that's funny.
OK, I'll tell you. Apart from very large markets where cut that day organic food is the norm, you get veggie sellers wandering the street and estates with push carts full of top quality veg of the same sort, the vast majority being from farmers who picked the stuff that morning.

Bonus - everything costs almost nothing by expat standards.

Ok great! I just want as much information as possible before I move there. I do know that bali is a very healthy island

Inexperience? Me or you?

Fred, it seems you are describing Bintaro or Jakarta. Bali is different. I gather you have never been to Bali after living in Indonesia for 10 years. Go to anywhere near Ubud or Denpasar and you'll find wet markets around, Gianyar, Ubud, Sukawati, Batubulan, Sanur, Kuta, Tuban, Jimbaran, or anywhere else, every village and town has one or more wet markets.

I have lived in Bali for years and years and my pembantu bought our fruit and veg from the local wet market.

Also, you will not find veggie sellers pushing carts around the hotel areas in Bali or the estates, and I'm trying to think of any estates in Bali.....not so many actually, a few new ones maybe. Which estates were you referring to?

The OP probably will not be standing outside her hotel or in her estate waiting for the veggie man with his cart to stop and sell some fresh veggies every morning. And I think they would sell to pembantu's and housewives but not in hotel areas.

By the way, now that you are an Indonesian citizen have you managed to go visit Bali? It's one of the most beautiful islands in the world. you should get down there and see how the people live.

Food...easy and found everywhere.
Products....I didn't find as easy. There's a shop set back from street on Kaya Ayu on the way down to Seminyak Square. I searched around for a glass straw and brush cleaner and found one at the 'green' shop there. I can't remember the name of it though...although, it shouldn't be hard to find as its the only one that particular street when I was last there. It also has a cafe attached to the side.
There is Bali Buddah also.
Also, I joined up on many local Bali Facebook pages to find out more information. It's very useful.
Ubud is where you'll discover food 'heaven'....from vegan to raw to all the others in between.
Enjoy Bali when you go. I'm relocating there mid 2018 as I got hooked with my first visit some years ago and now my work leads me there.
You'll love it!
😀🙏

Just thought of something that the OP might well love.
Tempeh (tempe) is a very common in Indonesia, a fermented soybean product that can be cooked in a variety of ways, all vegan if you wish.
My personal favourite is cut very thin, fried in a sauce and served on rice.
Another is local to Wonosobo but easily copied, that being to thin slice it and fry it in batter until crispy. You can flavour the batter to add variety.
I've never seen a food market that doesn't sell it and it's very cheap.
It's often sold in banana leaves but more and more are using plastic wrapping now.