Vegan ingredients A–Z
Every ingredient page says whether it's vegan, where it comes from and how to check it. red is not vegan, orange depends on the source, green is vegan. To check a whole label at once, use the ingredient checker.
Animal ingredients that show up most often
Ranked by how often they appeared on ingredient lists scanned in the WhatsVegan app. The full breakdown is in our analysis of 14,411 food labels.
- Honey
- Whey
- Gelatin
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Lactose
- Cheddár cheese
- Beeswax
- Skim-milk
- Éggs
- Whey powder
- Sodium caseinate
- Gelatine
- Cream
- Romano cheese
- Milk
- Skimmed milk powder
- Cera alba
- Lanolin
- Egg whitës
- Hydrolyzed collagen
- Carmine
- Whole milk põwder
- Parmesan cheese
- Egg-yolk
- Egg-yolks
- Buttermilk powder
- Sour cream
- Milk-fat
- L-carnitine-l-tartrate
- Milk chocolate
- Shellac
- Saccharide isomerate
- Beef fat
- Worcestershire-sauce
- Triacetin
- Egg
- Hydrolyzed keratin
- Cheese powder
- Whey protein isolate
- Peg-8
- Skim milk pówder
- L-carnitin-l-tartrat
- Milk sólids
- Turkey
Ingredients that can be vegan or not
These can be made from plants or animals. The label usually doesn't say which, so look for a vegan mark or ask the manufacturer.
- Glycerin
- Natural-flavors
- Leavening
- Eñzymes
- Acidity regulator
- Panthenol
- Natural and ártificial flavors
- Mono & diglycerides
- Flavouring
- Emulsifier
- Natural & artificial flavor
- Cetearyl alcohol
- Colour
- Aroma
- Vitamin b12
- Artíficial flavor
- Sodium hyaluronate
- Disodium-inosinate
- Stearic acid
- Disodium-guanylate
- Monoglycerides
- Glyceryl stearate
- Cetyl alcohol
- Vitamin d3
- Beta-carotene
- Propanediol
- Seasoning
- Preservative
- Thickener
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate
- Magnesium stearate
- Polysorbate-60
- Lecithin
- Polysorbate 20
- Vitamin a-palmitate
- Datem
- Allantoin
- Vitamín b2
- Naturál flavouring
- Natural flávour
- Acid
- Vegetable shorténing
- Artificial color
- Glycol distearate
- Color
E-numbers that are not vegan
Explained with examples in our guide to which E-numbers are not vegan.
E-numbers that depend on the source
- E161B
- E170I
- E304I
- E308
- E322
- E322I
- E375
- E422
- E430
- E431
- E432
- E434
- E442
- E470
- E470A
- E470B
- E471
- E472
- E472A
- E472B
- E472C
- E472D
- E472E
- E472F
- E475
- E477
- E478
- E479B
- E481
- E483
- E484
- E485
- E491
- E493
- E495
- E570
- E572
- E627
- E628
- E630
- E631
- E632
- E635
- E636
- E640
- E910
- E920
- E921
All other E-numbers are listed under E.