# How to Get Vegan Blood **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195 "2019-09-13T23:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/1 "2019-09-13T23:23:22Z")
NM. I thought better about posting work-related stuff. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/2 "2019-09-13T23:28:53Z")
Huh? I thought this was going to be about vampires or something… ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/3 "2019-09-13T23:41:20Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Huh? I thought this was going to be about vampires or something… With vegans being their version of free range, grass fed food sources. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/4 "2019-09-13T23:42:44Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Huh? I thought this was going to be about vampires or something… Would vegan vampires be sapsuckers? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/5 "2019-09-13T23:46:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Would vegan vampires be sapsuckers? I’m reminded of a book from my childhood: [Bunnicula](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281235.Bunnicula), about a vampire bunny that sucks the juice out of vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/6 "2019-09-13T23:46:32Z")
No, sorry, it was work related and I thought I was oversharing. Someone wanted to know, since they were a vegan, how to request vegan blood in the event they needed a blood transfusion. I asked the mods to wish this away, but that’s basically it. No worries. Once it’s processed what the donor ate is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/7 "2019-09-14T00:02:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Would vegan vampires be sapsuckers? You mean Canadians? ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/8 "2019-09-14T00:12:59Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’m reminded of a book from my childhood: [Bunnicula](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281235.Bunnicula), about a vampire bunny that sucks the juice out of vegetables. There’s also [Tofu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyyzi-5pbw) the vegan zombie ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/9 "2019-09-14T03:04:04Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > No, sorry, it was work related and I thought I was oversharing. Someone wanted to know, since they were a vegan, how to request vegan blood in the event they needed a blood transfusion. I asked the mods to wish this away, but that’s basically it. > > No worries. Once it’s processed what the donor ate is irrelevant. Seriously? That’s freaking hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/10 "2019-09-14T03:11:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Would vegan vampires be sapsuckers? Nah. Vegan vampires are the ones who suck your blood. But only after spending two hours telling you how meat is murder. They can be destroyed by a stake in the heart or a steak in the mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/11 "2019-09-14T03:13:18Z")
Hide behind a tree and make a noise like kale. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/12 "2019-09-14T03:16:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Hide behind a tree and make a noise like kale. A hearty fart? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/13 "2019-09-14T03:17:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Would vegan vampires be sapsuckers? [Vincent the Vegetable Vampire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c99NfY7S1aA) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/14 "2019-09-14T08:50:49Z")
My first thought is that “vegan blood” is an oxymoron like “kosher pig” - as blood is an animal product it is, by definition, non-vegan. But blood transfusions…? So far as I know, you don’t get to limit your transfusion based on any donor characteristic. Unless you can bank your own blood in advance, but that’s not always an option. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/15 "2019-09-14T13:01:12Z")
1. Take one vegan… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/16 "2019-09-14T13:35:22Z")
I’m surprised that there have been no attempts to give a serious answer, [because you aren’t the first to ask this question.](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090429194939AAwWDM8) Because of the high level of anonymity involved in regular blood donation, and because there are no vegan/vegetarian blood banks that I can find, vegan blood probably just isn’t possible to find…_but_ [but a blood substitute might be what your co-worker is looking for.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_substitute) ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/17 "2019-09-14T14:13:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m surprised that there have been no attempts to give a serious answer You are surprised there haven’t been serious answers in MPIMS? And I have to say that Vegan Blood is an oxymoron if I’ve ever seen one. But then again, I guess we could use the juice from one of those new burger things. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/18 "2019-09-14T14:27:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Would vegan vampires be sapsuckers? One of the most popular vampire book series of the last couple of decades [defines vegetarian vampires](https://twilightsaga.fandom.com/wiki/Vegetarian) as those who only drink the (less nutritious and much lest appetizing) blood of animals. I guess those who were strict with it could, by analogy, call themselves vegan. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/19 "2019-09-14T14:29:38Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > But then again, I guess we could use the juice from one of those new burger things. Nah. That’d just be vegan myoglobin. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195/20 "2019-09-14T14:38:20Z")
I’m surprised that anti-GMOers aren’t demanding transfusions from GMO-free donors, given scaremongering over “GMO DNA” in human blood. > **[OMG, GMO DNA found in human blood! What's meaning of this anti-GMO meme?](https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/01/26/omg-gmo-dna-found-human-blood-whats-meaning-anti-gmo-meme/)** > > We are what we eat? GMO opponents often post scare headlines about "GMO DNA" found in animals who consumer GM feed or humans who eat food made with GM crops. That may sound scary--if you know little about basic genetics. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-vegan-blood/840195.md?page=2)