Sainsbury’s Fruit Pastilles Sweets might be vegan. Let me explain:
Sainsbury’s Fruit Pastilles Sweets 225g are classed as vegetarian, not vegan on Sainsbury’s website. However, we checked the ingredients and all ingredients are typically vegan-friendly. There are 2 grey areas though:
- Sugar: May be processed with bone char, making it non-vegan. This is not clear for this product.
- Flavourings: This is a grey area; some flavourings can be animal-derived. It’s not clear what flavourings have been used here.
In addition to the ingredients, Sainsbury’s has other sweets that are classed as vegan. This means that they do differentiate between vegan and vegetarian and based on that, we should err on the side of caution and say this might not be vegan.
INGREDIENTS: Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Modified Potato Starch, Water, Modified Tapioca Starch, Fruit Juice Concentrates: Raspberry, Blackcurrant, Grapefruit, Orange, Lime, Lemon; Citric Acid, Flavourings, Colours: Anthocyanins, Paprika Extract, Curcumin; Spirulina Concentrate, Safflower Concentrate.