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"It's been a great tool since starting my journey! You take a pic of the nutrition/ingredients, and it'll warn you of anything questionable or not vegan. 😁"
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"You are amazing, this has saved me so much time when grocery shopping!"
— Austin, a user who reached out with feedback
"It's been a great tool since starting my journey! You take a pic of the nutrition/ingredients, and it'll warn you of anything questionable or not vegan. 😁"
— Ashe, a Vegan For Beginners Facebook Group member
"Use a vegan app when you go shopping, I use WhatsVegan."
— Dóra, a Vegan For Beginners Facebook Group member
So, what is le pomme?
"Le pomme" is a French phrase meaning "the apple," which typically appears on food labels as a typographical or grammatical error for "la pomme." In ingredient lists, this term designates standard culinary apples harvested from the fruit tree Malus domestica. Apples are grown in agricultural orchards, harvested, washed, and processed into various forms such as juice, purée, dehydrated pieces, or fruit pulp. This ingredient is commonly found in fruit snacks, ciders, baked desserts, preserves, and blended beverages.
this ingredient is vegan because it is entirely of botanical origin and involves no animal sources. Cultivated fruit processing relies on mechanical and thermal methods such as peeling, milling, pressing, and pasteurization, none of which require animal byproducts. Consequently, any ingredient derived directly from apples and listed under this label term is fully compatible with a vegan diet.
We've built a vegan ingredients scanner that classifies food ingredients as "vegan", "non-vegan", or "potentially vegan".
It allows you to avoid non-vegan ingredients - just take a picture of a product's ingredient list, and the app tells you if the product is vegan or not.