Is It vegan?
ingredient list
Reading ingredients can be a real challenge but we’re here to help!
never vegan ingredients:
Carmine/Carminic acid
Cholesterol
Cis-9-octadecenoic acid
Cochineal
Dripping
Gelatin
Hi-Vegi-Lip
Hydrogenated tallow
Isinglass
Keratin
Lactaid
Lard/lard oil
Lipase
Myristic Acid
N-hexadecanoic acid
N-tetradecanoic acid
Oleic acid
Palmitic acid
Pancreatin
Pancreatic extract
Pepsin
Pork fat/pork oil
Suet
Tallow/tallow flakes
Trypsin
Whey
Sometimes vegan ingredients:
Activated carbon
Adipic acid
Anticaking agent
Alpha tocopherol
Amylase
Antimicrobial agent
Antispoilant
Artificial coloring
Butyl lactate
Calciferol
Calcium pantothenate
Calcium stearate
Capric acid
Chelating agent
Clarifier/clarifying agent
Colorose
D-pantothenamide
Diglyceride
Disodium inosinate
Dough strengthener
Ethyl lactate
Fat/fatty acid
Fining agent
Firming agent
Folacin/folic acid
Free-flow agent
Glyceride/glycerol
Glycerin/glycerine
Hexanedioic acid
High fructose corn syrup
Inversol
Invert sugar/sugar syrup
Isomerized syrup
Lactic acid/lactoflavin
Leavener/leavening agent
Lecithin
Levulose-bearing syrup
Magnesium stearate
Maple sugar/syrup
Modified food starch
Monoglyceride
Monooleate
Monostearate
N-decanoic acid
N-octadecanoic acid
Natural coloring/flavor
Niacin/niacinamide
Nicotinamide
Nicotinic acid
Nutritive sweetener
Olean
Olestra
Pantothenic acid
Phenylalani
Preservative
Pyridoxal/pyridoxamine
Pyridoxine
Pyridoxine hydrochloride
Pyridoxol hydrochloride
Reducing agent
Refined sugar
Rennet/rennin
Retinol
Riboflavin
Riboflavin-5-phosphate
Sequestering agent sodium
Pantothenate
Polyoxyethylene (20, sorbitan)
Polysorbate (60, 80)
Processing aid
Protein
Pteroyl glutamic acid
Sodium steoroyl lactylate
Sorbitol
Stabilizer
Stearic acid
Sucrose
Sucrose polyester
Sugar/sugar syrup
Surface-active agent
Surfactant
Thickener
Texturizer
Thiamin/thiamine
Thiamine (hydrochloride, mononitrate, mononitrite)
Tocopherol
Vitamin (A, A acetate, A palmitate, A propionate, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5, B-6
B-6 hydrochloride, D-2, E)
Wine
Yeast food
always vegan ingredients:
Accent
Acesulfame K
Acesulfame potassium
Acetic acid
Acid calcium phosphate
Acrylate-acrylamide resin
Acrylic acid
Activated charcoal
Agar/agar-agar
Algin/alginate
Alginic acid
Alum
Aluminum ammonium
Annatto extract
Annatto seed
Apple acid
Arabic
Ascorbic acid
Aspartame
Autolyzed yeast extract
Baking powder
Baking soda
Beet sugar
Bentonite
Benzoyl peroxide
BHA
BHT
Bicarbonate of soda
Bioflavinoids
Brewer’s yeast
Bromelain/bromelin
Butanoic acid
Butylated (hydroxyanisole, hydroxytoluene)
Butyric/n-butyric acid
Calcium (biphosphate, carbonate, phosphate, propionate, salt, sulfate,
sulfate anhydrous)
Calcium phosphate (dibasic, monobasic, tribasic)
Candelilla wax
Caramel color
Carboxymethyl-cellulose
Carnauba wax
Carob bean gum
Caroid
Carrageenan
Caustic soda
Cellulose gum
Charcoal
Chile saltpeter
Chondrus extract
Citric acid
CMC
Cocoa butter
Colophony
Corn gluten
Cream of tartar
Cyanocobalamin
DevanSweet
Diatomaceous earth
Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate
Distilled vinegar
Equal
Erythorbic acid
Essential oil
Ethanol
Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl vanillin
Fumaric acid
Gluten
Grain alcohol
Grain vinegar
Guar flou
Guar gum
Guaran
Gypsum
Hesperidin
Hexadienoic acid
Hydrogen peroxide
Irish moss
Isoascorbic acid
Japanese isinglass
Kieselguhr
Light oil
Lime
Locust bean gum
Maleic/malic acid
Malt extract
Malt sugar
Maltodextrin
Maltol
Maltose
Mannitol
Methyl paraben
Methyl-p-hydroxy-benzoate
Mineral oil
Molasses
Monocalcium phosphate
Monosodium glutamate
MSG
Natural sugar
Nonnutritive sweetener
Norbixin
Nutrasweet
Nutritional yeast
Oleoresin
Papain
Paprika
Paraffin
Plaster of Paris
Polyacrylomite
Polydextrose
Polyethylene
Potash alum
Potassium (acid tartrate, bitartrate, hydrogen tartrate, salt, sorbate, sulfate)
Precipitated calcium
Phosphate
1,2-propanediol
Propanoic/propionic acid
Propylene glycol
Resin
Rice syrup
Rochelle salts
Rosin
Rutin
Saccharin
Soda ash/lye
Sodium (acid carbonate, asorbate, benzoate, benzosulfimide, bicarbonate,
carbonate, carboxymethylcellulose, hydrogen carbonate,
hydroxide, isoascorbate, nitrate, potassium tartrate)
Sorbic acid
Sorbistat/sorbitan
Spirit vinegar
St. John’s bread
Sucanat
Succinic acid
Sunett
Tartaric acid
Textured soy flour
Textured soy protein
Textured vegetable protein
Tricalcium phosphate
Turbinado sugar
Tumeric/turmeric
TVP
Unmodified starch
Vanilla/vanillin
Vanilla extract
Vinegar
Vital wheat gluten
Vitamin B-12
Vitamin C
Vitamin P complex
Washed raw sugar
Wheat gluten
Wheat isolate
White vinegar
White oil
Xanthan gum
Yeast autolyzates
Zein
Zest
This list is reprinted by permission of The Vegetarian Resource Group, for more information, visit the VRG website.
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