Vegan chocolate??!
cocoa mass, low fat cocoa powder, cocoa butter, demerara sugar, natural Bourbon vanilla beans. Many contain traces of soya lecithin, hazelnuts, almonds and milk.
Does "traces of milk" mean there is milk in the chocolate? or that the dark chocolate was made on the same line with products wich have milk? Does that mean that this chocolate isn't technically vegan??
thanks guys =0)
Answers: I used to be veg n recently turned vegan. I was wondering if Lindt 85% dark chocolate is vegan?? The ingredients are :
cocoa mass, low fat cocoa powder, cocoa butter, demerara sugar, natural Bourbon vanilla beans. Many contain traces of soya lecithin, hazelnuts, almonds and milk.
Does "traces of milk" mean there is milk in the chocolate? or that the dark chocolate was made on the same line with products wich have milk? Does that mean that this chocolate isn't technically vegan??
thanks guys =0)
It sounds like it is vegan. Traces of milk means just that, there could be a very minuscule amount of milk in the product due to shared manufacturing equipment and facilities. Most vegans and vegan societies still consider this vegan. I would highly recommend you make a move to fair trade dark chocolates such as equal exchange or rapunzel. Also, veganstore.com sells many kinds of vegan chocolate including Whizzers which are made in a dairy-free factory, and they make cocoa beans (like M&M's), footballs (like Hershey's kisses), and speckled eggs (like Cadbury crispy eggs).
yes
DON'T EAT IT. TRACES OF MILK MEANS THAT THERE CAN OR CANNOT BE MILK IN IT. 50/50 CHANCE. YOU COULD GET THE BAR WITH THE MILK IN It.............
my opinion is same line as milk products ... but either way, i don't think it's something to be concerned with. it's not that big a deal.
Seems it is vegan...check out this Vegan website:
http://www.vegsoc.org.au/product_list.as...
that's what it means. Look for coco camino, I've seen some that are vegan. There are lots out there, go to a health food store.
Traces of milk means that it is made in the same facilities as milk chocolate. They put that on there mostly because people are allergic to milk, it's law. But up to you if you want to take the chance.
"Traces of milk" means it was made on shared machinery. Many companies cannot afford separate machinery for dairy-free items. And even so, they'd be in the same facility. I buy technically vegan--no dairy ingredients--made on shared machinery to show there is a demand for chocolate without dairy in its ingredients, and I hope they'll some day be able to use separate machines for the dairy free chocolate.
Tropical Source makes chocolate bars on dedicated dairy-free machinery.
"Traces of milk" is just s reference for those with allergies. It means that the product was processed in a machine that may also process foods containing milk ingredients.
So it really depends on how strict a vegan you are. Some vegans will not buy from companies that sell products containing animal ingredients. In this case lindt dark chocolate is not vegan, seeing as lindt sells milk chocolate.
Some companies, however, that sell entirely vegan food still have products marked with a warnings of fish, eggs and dairy. This is probably because they cannot afford their own equipment and not buying their products would be uselessly boycotting a good vegan company.