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Products are only added to my vegan directory if:

1. They are labelled as vegan.

2. They are confirmed vegan by the company that makes them.

Sometimes products that I expect to be vegan aren't, and other times, companies refuse to confirm that their products are vegan (which is a huge red flag!). I've listed these types of products below.

Products that are not vegan:

I've had confirmation that the following products are not vegan-friendly - click each image to find out more!

Bundaberg Drinks (some)

The following Bundaberg drinks are NOT vegan-friendly:

- Ginger Beer
- Spiced Ginger Beer
- Diet Ginger Beer
- Sarsaparilla
- Diet Sarsaparilla
- Pink Grapefruit
- Tropical Mango

Why aren't these vegan-friendly? Changes have been made in the supplier of some of their raw ingredients and the different way in which they process the ingredients - an important enzyme used in their brewing process has been adjusted from vegan to vegetarian.

The good news - the following Bundaberg drinks ARE vegan-friendly:
- Lemon, Lime & Bitters
- Diet Lemon Lime Bitters
- Creaming Soda
- Traditional Lemonade
- Guava Soda
- Blood Orange Soda
- Peach Soda
- Passionfruit Soda
- Pineapple & Coconut Soda

Good George Gins, Vodkas, & Cocktails

These all contain the same neutral spirit – lactanol (repurposed whey-base alcohol). So, they are NOT vegan-friendly.

Remarkable Chocolate Organic Dark Chocolate Scorched Almonds

I got really excited when I first saw this product because it's proudly promoted as dairy-free on the Remarkable Chocolate website. The excitement was premature though as this product contains shellac (glazing agent 904).

Shellac is not vegan as it is derived from a resin secreted by the female lac beetle.

Long White Vodka Drinks

It's the vodka in these drinks that makes them NOT vegan. The vodka is made from whey, which comes from dairy.

Nestle Scorched Almonds Dark Chocolate

This product contains shellac (glazing agent 904).

Shellac is not vegan as it is derived from a resin secreted by the female lac beetle.

Healtheries Chocolate Bits Dark Choc 99% Sugar Free

When I emailed Healtheries asking for confirmation that this product is vegan, they responded telling me that it contains milk (but there is no milk on the ingredients list). Weird, I know!

Kahlúa

On their website it says Kahlúa Original, Kahlúa Flavors and Kahlúa Ready-To-Drink (RTD’s) are NOT acceptable for a vegan diet.

Malibu

On their website it says:

"We do not add animal derivatives into our products, however, one of our sugar suppliers uses a process that is not considered vegan-friendly. While this is a common practice in the sugar industry, it unfortunately also means we are unable to call Malibu suitable for a vegan diet."

Griffin's Belgian Crèmes

This product contains “natural colour 120” which is commonly used as a red food colouring and is derived from the cochineal insect.

Skittles

Mars Wrigley Australia confirmed that their SKITTLES® products (made in Australia or China) are not suitable for a vegan diet.

But the SKITTLES® Giants in Fruit and Sours flavours (made in Czech Republic) are suitable for a vegan diet.

Products that might be vegan

Weirdly (and annoyingly), some companies refuse to state if their products are vegan or not - even if the ingredients appear to be vegan-friendly. Below I've listed these products and will continue adding more as they pop up.

The products below could be vegan; I just can't list them without confirmation that this is true!

S&B Golden Curry Sauce Mix

Although the ingredients of these products appear to be vegan, when I asked S&B Foods they couldn't confirm this. They said:

"Please be advised that none of S&B Golden Curry Mix products are specially designed for vegan.

Therefore, not all the ingredients used in the products have been confirmed as for each origin."

Oreos

This one’s a little complicated…

When I asked Oreos via email which Oreo products are vegan, they said “Unfortunately, the personalized and crème cookies are not considered Vegan.”

BUT, on their UK website (https://www.oreo.co.uk/faq), they link to this vegan approved list:

- Oreo Original Sandwich Crumb
- Oreo B-day Party 154g
- Oreo Choco Brownie 154g
- Oreo Double Stuff 157g
- Oreo Golden (all packaging sizes)
- Oreo Minis 115g
- Oreo Original 154g
- Oreo Original Base Cake Crumb

However, this list is not referenced on their global website so it’s not clear if these products are vegan on an international scale or if it’s just the products made in the UK.

There are many articles out there that state that some Oreos are vegan (just give ‘are Oreos vegan?’ a quick google to see). However, because I can’t get confirmation from Oreos (and they aren’t labeled vegan-friendly), I haven’t been able to add them to A Guide to Vegan.

Arnotts Biscuits

In the past, Arnotts have told me that their products are not designed with any specific dietary need in mind and I can’t get confirmation from them, that the following products are vegan (even thought their ingredients appear to be vegan):

- Arnotts Raspberry Shortcake
- Arnotts LemonCrisp
- Arnotts Nice Biscuits
- Arnotts Gingernuts
- Farmbake Peanut Brownie
- Farmbake Caramel Crunch
- Arnotts Shapes BBQ

If I manage to get an update from the team at Arnotts, I’ll let you know!

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