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The issue with sugar is bone char—animal bones are often used to bleach white sugar. That’s similar to the problems with some beers. Guinness, for instance, use
by msrpotus 9y ago
The issue with sugar is bone char—animal bones are often used to bleach white sugar. That’s similar to the problems with some beers. Guinness, for instance, uses isinglass (fish gelatin) for purification.
While I believe that some vegans might have some concern about harvesting. I’ve never met anyone who wouldn’t eat conventionally-harvested vegetables.
NB: not a vegan but a kosher vegetarian and so have some similar restrictions.
- mprovost 9y agoThey changed their filtration system and all forms of Guinness worldwide are now vegan.
- dashundchen 9y agoGuinness actually has switched to vegan ingredients worldwide in the past year or so. https://www.joe.ie/news/forms-guinness-worldwide-draught-bottle-can-now-officially-vegan-613586 https://www.joe.ie/news/forms-guinness-worldwide-draught-bot...