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By default, condoms are vegan-friendly, being made from trees. Non-vegan condoms are the special-needs version (i.e. for latex allergy sufferers), that are not

by frobozz 11y ago

By default, condoms are vegan-friendly, being made from trees. Non-vegan condoms are the special-needs version (i.e. for latex allergy sufferers), that are not as good.

DanBC 11y ago
Are you including the lubricants?
cshenoy 11y ago
Some condoms contain casein, a by-product of milk which by definition makes it non-vegan friendly.
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- frobozz 11y ago
  This is a good point that I hadn't realised. It seems that both latex condoms and gloves can contain casein. Apparently, this has messed up tests for latex allergy: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091674999701314 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091674999...
tveita 11y ago
The traditional, non-vegan alternative would be lamb's intestines.