Vegan - Non-Vegan Ingredients
Vegan - Non-Vegan Ingredients
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Vegetable Carbon: Obtained from burnt vegetable materials, incomplete combustion of natural gas, activated charcoal, bones, blood, meat or various oils, oils and resins.
Vegetable Glycerin: Glycerin derived from vegetable oils. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Parchment: Thin parchment prepared from calf, lamb or kid skin. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Velvet: Fabric usually made from silk but also from rayon or nylon. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Vitamin A (retinol): An aliphatic alcohol. Some possible sources are fish liver oil, egg yolk, butter, lemongrass, carrots or synthetics. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): It is used to fortify foods or as a supplement. Two of the synthetic forms are known as thiamine mononitrate and thiamine hydrocolite. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin, Lactoflavin): It is used as a food coloring, to strengthen foods or as a supplement. It is produced synthetically or by a fermentation process with genetically modified Bacillus subtilis. It is usually vegan, but in rare cases, it can be produced from animal sources such as beef, especially when marked "natural". It should be checked whether it is of herbal origin.
Vitamin B3 (Niacin, Nicotinic Acid): It is used for cholesterol treatment, fortifying foods or as a supplement. The biggest commercial use is to fortify animal feed. It is usually produced synthetically. In rare cases, it can be obtained from animal sources. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Vitamin B7: Biotin. It should be checked whether it is of herbal origin.
Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid, Folate): It is used especially for pregnant women to fortify food or as a supplement. It is usually produced synthetically. Folate is a generic term for Vitamin B9, whereas folic acid refers to the synthetic compound used in supplements and food supplements. It should be checked whether it is of herbal origin.
Vitamin B Factor: Biotin It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Vitamin C: Ascorbic acid. It is vegan.
Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol): Vitamin usually derived from plant sterols or yeast. It can also be obtained from animal fats. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol): Vitamin usually obtained from animal sources such as lanolin, milk, egg yolk and fish liver oil. It can also be obtained from microbial or synthetic sources. Please note that synthetic vitamin D3 may have an animal ingredient as a starting raw material. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Vitamin E: Vitamin E of natural origin (d-alpha-tocopherol) is obtained by distillation of vegetable oils (mainly from soybean, rapeseed and sunflower); synthetic chemically produced vitamin E (dl-alpha-tocopherol) is a mixture of eight diastereoisomers in equal proportions. It is vegan.
Vitamin H: Biotin. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Volaise: Ostrich meat. It is not vegan.
Whey: Residue from milk after removing most of the casein and fat. By-product of cheese making. It is not vegan.
Wool: The hairs that make up the hair of domesticated sheep (and similar animals). It is vegan.
Xanthan Gum (corn sugar gum): Gum produced by fermentation of corn sugar with a microbe called Xanthomonas campestris. Usually vegan, but chicken can be purified using lysozyme or obtained from the fermentation of whey. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Yeast: A microscopic unicellular fungus. Different yeast products include baker's yeast, nutritional yeast, and brewer's yeast. He is vegan.