Is WKD (The vodka drink) suitable for vegans?!
Answers: I was wandering if WKD Blue is okay for vegans?
I couldn't find it on my list of vegan-friendly alcohols, so probably not.
Here's someone else's response to this question, it's probably true:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...
I read somewhere it wasn't ...but im not 100% sure .
How could ANY alcohol be VEGAN unfriendly. Drink or do not drink as your conscience dictates all you want, but NO alcoholic beverage has any, I repeat, ANY animal matter or product in them. That goes for liquors, wines or malt beverages. The Yeasts that are involved in the brewing or fermentation process are NOT tiny animals. They are biologically a part of Kingdom FUNGI. And FUNGI are neither plants nor animals. Most Vegans I know don't mind Mushrooms in their salad and I have quite a few Vegans as friends. We sometimes agree to disagree, but don't forget Mushrooms are fungi too. Pretty soon Vegans are going to be like Jains in India who are so scared of getting bad karma they'll stop EATING altogether and starve to death. How do you know the Pineapple you are eating would have prefered NOT to be eaten, if you could ask it? How do you know the Apple might have prefered to be on the tree instead of on your dinner plate. If harming animals or fungi is such a major sin, how is destroying plant- life any better. Why not stop being so superstitious and eat what you eat because it is HEALTHY or nutritiouis nd do not eat what is NOT.
There comes a place where you can take Veganism to the point of utter imbecility. Saying you can't be a Vegan and drink Vodka, which is made from grain or potatoes, is just plain ignorant.
Here's a link for you which might help straighten matters out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast.
Don't tell us that your going to start drinking at the age of 12 years old...I am curious to why you ask this question....
I greatly respect you for being a vegan, but not for wanting to drink booze...
I read a few years ago that vodka is animal-clarified, but according to this website, that is no longer the case and it is "universally filtered using birchwood charcoal":
http://www.vegetarian.ie/spir.htm