I love the clarity but now I want to know why it isn’t vegan!
I’ve seen this question asked a lot for this specific brand on Reddit.
I’ll just copypaste one answer given a few weeks ago from someone called “goosie7”:
General Mills guidelines on labeling:
Vegetarian: General Mills vegetarian products may contain dairy, egg and bee products (e.g. honey, bees wax). They shall not contain ingredients of other animal origin (mammalian, poultry, fish, crustacean, mollusk, insect) including additives. This is also known as Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian. Microbial derived ingredients (e.g. enzymes) and small amounts of animal-derived ingredients that do not require the harming of an animal (for example, Vitamin D derived from sheep’s wool) are acceptable. NOTES: Prohibited ingredients include but are not limited to: gelatin and carmine. In addition, we ensure that the food label does not include a cross-contact allergen label for fish, crustacean or mollusk.
Vegan: General Mills vegan products shall not contain any ingredient of animal origin (mammalian, poultry, fish, crustacean, mollusk, insect) and shall not contain any animal derivatives (dairy, egg and bee products) including additives and processing aids. Microbial derived ingredients are acceptable (e.g. enzymes). NOTES: Prohibited ingredients include but are not limited to: sugar processed through bone char, L-cysteine hydrochloride processed from human hair or duck feathers, carmine and vitamin D3 derived from sheep’s wool. In addition, we ensure that the food label does not include a cross-contact allergen label for fish, crustacean or mollusk.
It’s most likely sugar processed with bone char, which according to them is vegetarian but not vegan.
It probably was processed in a facility that uses animal products, so there’s cross-contamination. The label usually says that, though, so it’s still pretty weird.
Or maybe the mysterious “spice” ingredient is actually fish eggs or something.
Maybe crystalized honey in the spice
so there’s cross-contamination
In India, that would make it not vegetarian.
Although, the “not vegan” part may be touching the extended definitions, part of which being low on ecological impact. So maybe one of the Bioengineered Food Ingredients is making it not Vegan.
But considering that fake meat is being called vegan (which might as well be taking more energy than 3rd world meat), I can’t say for sure, what they are getting at.
The ingredients list tells me that it would taste good, if it were cooked fresh and not industrially preserved in a can.
Technically, it would still have that green dot. I don’t think they are legally obliged to mention this on vegetarian product that it was processed in the same facility where <animal product> is processed, unless it is an allergen.
The sugar maybe?
I never knew that sugar could be non-vegan. Thanks, interesting to read about.
Is Sugar Vegan
I feel like if you put something like that on a package you should probably give some kind of indication as to why it’s not vegan. Like maybe for clarity in parenthesis next to the item “natural and artificial flavorings (not vegan)”
Next they’ll start listing whether it is ovovegetarian or not
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