There are good reasons not to consume animal products. However, popular drinks hide a few non-vegan pitfalls. We explain what you need to watch out for.
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Why are some drinks not vegan?
Vegan diets are trending. Not only is a diet based on a purely plant-based diet good for the body, animal suffering is reduced with increasing veganism and the negative ecological effects of factory farming are reduced. The fact that vegan diets are becoming increasingly popular also has to do with the easy availability of vegan food. It is very easy today to identify vegan foods in the supermarket. Food labels help enormously in making the right vegan purchasing decisions.
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But as so often, the devil is in the details. If you want to eat vegan, for example, you should take a closer look at the list of ingredients for some drinks. Sometimes inconspicuous drinks contain animal ingredients. Here we show you which drinks are often not vegan.
These 3 drinks are sometimes not vegan
1. Some apple juices
Sometimes it’s like that with juices. Although small amounts of fruit juice can serve as an occasional source of herbal vitamins, the German Society for Nutrition advises against drinking fruit juice every day. Juice consumption becomes particularly problematic with a vegan diet, because some juices, which at first and second glance should not contain any animal components, are not considered vegan. For the production of some juices, producers use additives of animal origin. Gelatine is mainly used here, which is added to naturally cloudy apple juice during filtering. The gelatine binds turbidity and can be removed together with it in a later processing step. This will clarify the juice. Gelatine is tasteless and is made from animal collagen. For this purpose, skin and bones of pigs and cattle are processed.
2. Wines are not always vegan
Some alcoholic beverages, such as wine, are also prettied up industrially before being bottled. In order to filter out turbid matter from wines, some manufacturers also work with additives of animal origin that do not have to be labeled. Similar to apple juice, gelatine or isinglass is sometimes added to wine to filter out turbidity. Although the finished drink no longer contains any animal products, there were definitely substances of animal origin in the food during production. Such drinks can then no longer be considered vegan. If you want to be on the safe side, take a close look at the list of ingredients or only buy products that are explicitly labeled as “vegan”.
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3. Sodas can’t be vegan
Of course you know that dairy products are not vegan. That’s why you also include milk products from plant sources such as almond milk, rice milk or oat milk on your menu. But did you know that some sodas contain whey? Sometimes manufacturers use whey products to produce their drinks such as cola or orange soda. Whey is the watery residue left over from curdling milk into cheese. The liquid whey can be used to produce whey powder, which is used in lemonade production. Of course, not all lemonades contain whey. However, it is advisable to take a close look at the list of ingredients before buying in order to avoid non-vegan pitfalls.
