While Coke's ingredients are widely considered vegan, some of Coca-Cola's most well-known drink brands aren't. These include Lilt and some Schweppes products, as they contain fish gelatin.
Soft drinks are one past-time that has many vegans wondering and wishing for the answer, “yes, it is vegan.” There is more to the answer than a simple “yes” or “no,” but for the most part, yes, soda is vegan. It may not be the healthiest choice, but it is considered vegan (most of the time).
Yes, technically Sprite does appear to be vegan! According to the list of drinks sold by Coca Cola, only nine of theirs are not suitable for vegans, and sprite is not included in this list. We can therefore determine that Coca Cola must not use isinglass to refine Sprite, and it is vegan-friendly.
Is Pepsi suitable for vegetarians/vegans? Our entire range is suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets, apart from Diet Pepsi which isn't suitable for vegans.
Products that are suitable for vegans: Coke Classic, Coke Vanilla, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Coke No Sugar, Fanta Orange, Fanta Jelly Fizz, Sprite, Powerade, Powerade Zero, Lift, Appletiser & Grapetiser, Coke Raspberry, Fanta Passionfruit Cream.
Because refined sugars made from sugarcane require bone char to achieve a clear white colour, most refined cane sugars are unsuitable for vegans. Some types of brown sugar also involve using bone char, such as those that are created by adding molasses to refined cane sugar to achieve the brown colour.
Yes! We believe this product is dairy free as there are no dairy ingredients listed on the label.
Are Oreos really vegan? Oreo cookies do not contain any animal-derived ingredients and are safe to eat for vegans.
Yes, the entire 7UP range is suitable for both vegans and vegetarians.
Is it Vegan? Yes! We believe this product is vegan as there are no animal or animal-derived ingredients listed on the label.
At Nestlé we offer plant-based choices all the way from seafood alternatives right through to the Vegan KitKat. The products you see on the shelves today are the result of our many years of experience and expertise in plant proteins - and the innovation never stops.
Although the ingredients are technically all plant-based, many vegans avoid Red Bull as the company tests on animals, according to Peta.
The main ingredients in Coca-Cola are carbonated water, sugar, food coloring (to get that signature brown look), phosphoric acid, and caffeine. None of these are derived from animals, so this means that Coke is vegan. Pepsi's ingredient list is very similar, with no animal products, so Pepsi is also vegan.
#WhatTheFanta (and other international flavours) do contain some of the food dyes which may have been tested on animals at some point for their general consumption. However, Fanta is generally considered vegan-friendly.
The US McDonald's fries are not vegan, but the process still involves the highest FDA safety regulations. Besides the potatoes and salt for flavoring, the cooking involves vegetable oils like corn, soybean, and canola. They also have chemical preservatives and natural beef additives from milk and wheat.
Honey is by definition not vegan, since it a bee product, and bees are animals. Here's a nuanced article about how the ethical issues surrounding this sweetener fit into the broader concept of vegan living.
So, firstly: Is Chocolate Vegan? Most dark chocolate is inherently vegan. Superior quality dark chocolate only has a handful of ingredients: cocoa, (usually listed as cocoa mass and cocoa butter), sugar, lecithin, and sometimes vanilla.
This is a Vegetarian product.
The popularity of lemonade has led to many companies offering vegan-friendly versions of the drink. While traditional lemonade is made with lemon juice, sugar, and water, vegan lemonade is made with lemon juice, sugar, water, and a vegan-friendly sweetener such as agave nectar.
Jaggery Powder is a Nutritious Plant-Based Sweetener
This is especially important for vegans who are looking for a healthy sweetener but don't wish to turn to honey.
While not an animal product in itself, many vegans consider sugar in ketchup to be non-vegan-friendly, as many white and brown sugars are filtered and bleached using animal bone char. Heating cow bones to a high temperature until they break down into carbon creates bone char or activated carbon.
Yes, coffee beans are completely vegan-friendly because they're grown on trees. There may be trickier questions to answer around how ethical some coffee is, but that doesn't stop it being suitable for vegans.