TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Vegan Status
• Food Chain Details

Vegan Status

Certified Vegan

This means that the product has been certified by a recognised vegan certifying organisation. We will verify that the product is actually certified before putting this status on a product. When a product is certified vegan, the manufacturer has had the product independently verified as vegan by a third party vegan certification organisation. Most vegan certifying organisations are not-for-profit organisations that use funds received by manufacturers to promote veganism.

When you purchase vegan certified products, you show the manufacturer that there is demand for certified products and you are indirectly supporting vegan organisations by encouraging the manufacturer to continue to renew vegan certification and to certify more products.

Vegan

This means that the we have verified the vegan status of the product. The manufacturer may have  labelled the product as vegan, but have not had the product certified by a recognised vegan certifying organisation or the manufacturer has not labelled the product as vegan. Fussy Vegan has verified the vegan status of the product. Many manufacturers will not label a product as vegan even when the product meets the requirements to be considered vegan. There are many different reasons why a manufacturer may decide to not put a vegan label on a product. These products are often referred to as "accidentally vegan" products.

*Please note that we rely on the manufacturer to be honest about the ingredients, manufacturing processes and animal testing status of the product when we contact them. This is different from certified products where the manufacturer has to provide extensive documentation to the vegan certifying organisation.

Vegan Option Available

This status is only available for food chain menu items. It means that there is a vegan option available, but if you need to request the vegan version. This status is not applicable to retail products.

Caution

This icon is used when either a vegan status cannot be verified or when there is important information regarding the vegan status of the product. There will always be an explanation below this icon explaining the situation for the product.

Not Vegan

This icon indicates that the product is not vegan. A product is considered to be not vegan if it fails to meet at least one of the vegan standards that we use to determine the vegan status a product.

You can read more about the vegan standards that we use here: What does vegan mean?

Food Chain Details

Underneath the menu item name is the copany name and the country where the company is based. Where ever possible, we try to list the parent company name and what country the parent  company is based in.