Introduction

This blog is meant to be a list of all information regarding what common commercial food products are vegan.  For purposes of this blog, vegan means that it is made entirely from non-animal sources throughout the process, so much as is possible. Specifically, this means that foods will not be labeled as vegan if they: have cane sugar processed through bone char; have trace animal ingredients like glycerides or vitamin D3; or are cooked in the same oil as animal derived products.

As a vegan myself, I know how hard it is to trust what other people report about food.  The fact that the internet is full of contradictory and/or outdated reports doesn't help the situation any.  I hope that despite this, you can trust me and the information I give because of the following.

• To quote The Simpsons, I am a level five vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow."  Ok, that's a bit extreme, but I am serious about my veganism, and odds are very great that if you are concerned about something possibly being in your food, so am I.  If I do my job right, I will only ever consider things nonvegan that you might consider vegan, never the other way around.
• Unlike other lists on the internet like PETA's (which completely ignores the presence of trace ingredients) or others which are hopelessly outdated, I will check every ingredient I can and post the date that this was done on every post.
• I won't just post the item(s) I find to be vegan, but will post all the information I acquire, so you won't have to wonder if item X is nonvegan or if I didn't get to asking about it.

The information here was gathered via email where possible (or phone if no email address is available).  If gathered via email, the entire email conversation will be posted, if by phone then I will post a summary of the phone call(s).  As a general rule, if I post that an item is vegan (either a grocery product or menu item from a restaurant) then that is the result of being specifically told that item is vegan, and not a result of independently determining if all ingredients in an item are vegan.  If, on the other hand, I post information about an ingredient, that information pertains only to that ingredient, and does not imply that it is the only questionable ingredient is the product.  Exceptions to this will be made clear in posts as they occur.

There is a certain amount of trust that goes into gathering this information.  I am generally willing to accept a reply from a company when they specifically state that an item is vegan, unless I have other reason to doubt that it is.  In my correspondence, I will make judgment calls as to how informed the other person is, and if I doubt that they know what they are talking about, I will ask another person in the company instead.  I will do my best to ensure that the information here is accurate, but ultimately I am just a messenger, and must trust my source to be giving me correct information.

All information posted to this site pertains solely to the United States.

And now for the fun legal boilerplate.  While I will strive to ensure that the information on this site is current and correct, I can make no guarantees.  When in doubt, you are advised to contact the company yourself (and then submit your findings so I can update them on here).