Is miele vegan?

Miele is the Italian word for honey, which is a sweet, viscous substance produced by honeybees. Bees make miele by gathering nectar from flowering plants, mixing it with specific enzymes inside their digestive tracts, and storing it in wax honeycombs where water evaporates to thicken the syrup. The term miele appears primarily on imported Italian food labels, commonly found in baked goods, torrone, biscuits, breakfast cereals, sauces, salad dressings, and herbal teas.

Miele is not vegan because it is an animal byproduct created entirely by insects. Vegan standards exclude all ingredients derived from animals, a category that encompasses honeybees and their hive products. Because obtaining miele involves harvesting the food reserves that bees produce to sustain their colonies, any food item listing miele fails to meet vegan criteria.