Natural flavors??!
Natural flavors??
vegan or no i seen it on a package of motts no sugar added applesauce and it has natural flavors? I know some is meat derived but is that also meat derived
Answers:
You've most likely got a bigger problem than the natural flavors they list. Mott's is one of several large 'fruit product' companies that uses animal based enzymes in the processing of their fruit!
Before everyone starts TDing me here's the deal with enzymes and fruit products...
Under US (and Canadian, maybe UK) food law, food processing companies are allowed to not list ingredients that are used to process the food product and are "substantially destroyed or degraded" during the processing of the final product.
Mott's (and quite a few other juice companies) use animal based digestive enzymes to break down the cellulose walls in the fruit so that more fluid (juice) can be extracted from the fruit. In production of products like applesauce these same enzymes mean less cooking is needed to break the apples down into sauce (saves a lot on their power bill<g>). Since the enzymes are destroyed as they break the cell walls they are (under the law) no longer present in the product and so the law allows the company to not list that they use them!
Don't believe me? Contact the company and ask them how they process their fruit<evil grin>.