Are the Girl Scout Cranberry Citrus Crisps vegan?

Joanna_77
Joanna_77 Posts: 14 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
The Cranberry Citrus Crisps are not listed as vegan but I don't see ingredients that would make them not?

http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cranberry-citrus-crisps-girl-scout-cookies

Under Allergen Information it says "This product is manufactured on equipment that processes products containing milk. "

The Peanut Butter Patties are listed as vegan and it says "This product is manufactured on equipment that
processes products containing coconut and milk."

Does anyone know why the Cranberry Citrus Crisps are not listed as vegan?

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,221 Member
    edited April 2015
    I'd like to know what the natural flavoring is.....why not just say what it is? I would suspect that any machine that uses milk would be considered a no go......however fields of vegetables have roaming vermin (farmer vernacular) and other cute creatures that poo a lot and get intimate with machinery, so I'm not quite sure which part of the brain to use for that realization.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    I'd like to know what the natural flavoring is.....why not just say what it is? I would suspect that any machine that uses milk would be considered a no go......however fields of vegetables have roaming vermin (farmer vernacular) and other cute creatures that poo a lot and get intimate with machinery, so I'm not quite sure which part of the brain to use for that realization.

    The shared equipment warning is for allergy purposes. Since veganism is about avoiding animal exploitation, consuming products that were made on shared equipment is fine.

    I think it could well be the natural flavoring. They are not all vegan and, in the US, food producers are not obligated to share that on the packaging.

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    OP, it might also be the monoglycerides. Those can be sourced from plants or animals.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    How many different ways could it say it contains sugar.... Oh my goodness.

    sugar, dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), malt syrup (from corn and barley), invert sugar,

    natural flavor = something fake and not worth giving it an actual name... I would not touch these with a 10 foot pole..
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,221 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    OP, it might also be the monoglycerides. Those can be sourced from plants or animals.
    Nice catch.

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    gia07 wrote: »
    How many different ways could it say it contains sugar.... Oh my goodness.

    sugar, dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), malt syrup (from corn and barley), invert sugar,

    natural flavor = something fake and not worth giving it an actual name... I would not touch these with a 10 foot pole..

    None of this has anything to do with OP's question.

  • badzoe
    badzoe Posts: 132 Member
    The types of Girl Scout cookies that are listed as being vegan on ABC Baker are Thanks-a-lots, Lemonades, Thin Mints, and PB Patties. Cranberry Citrus Crisps are not shown to be vegan. abcsmartcookieu.com/index.php/cookies/varieties

    Girl Scout cookies are made by two companies, ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. Little Brownie Bakers has one type of vegan cookie, the Thin Mints. They also do not make Cranberry Citrus Crisps.

    I know, more than you wanted to know!!!
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