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'''Sugar''' is usually made either out of [[Sugarcane|sugar canes]] or [[Sugar beet|sugar beets]]. Cane sugar might not be [[veganism|vegan]] as some companies use char derived from [[cow]] [[bones]] as a filter to whiten sugar during the refining process. Beet sugar, however, is refined in a different way and [[Bone char|bone char]] filtering is never used in its processing. | |||
Finding out which brand of [[Sugarcane]] is vegan is not an easy task. Usually there is no information about the refining process written on the package, and knowing the brands does not help either as several manufacturers might be providing sugar produced with different processes for the same brand. Using brown sugar is not a solution as brown sugar is often [[Sugar#Refining|refined]] and made brown again. | |||
Recently, some companies started labelling cane sugar produced without the use of bone char as vegan and selling it in special organic groceries. ([http://www.noshtopia.com/2008/06/learning-someth.html]). Also look out for the [[V-Label]] . | |||
== Links == | |||
* http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2007issue4/2007_issue4_sugar.php | |||
[[Category:Food]] | |||
== See also == | |||
== | * [[Wikipedia:Sugar]] | ||
* | * [[Sugar beet]] | ||
* [[Sugar substitute]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:43, 14 September 2015
Sugar is usually made either out of sugar canes or sugar beets. Cane sugar might not be vegan as some companies use char derived from cow bones as a filter to whiten sugar during the refining process. Beet sugar, however, is refined in a different way and bone char filtering is never used in its processing.
Finding out which brand of Sugarcane is vegan is not an easy task. Usually there is no information about the refining process written on the package, and knowing the brands does not help either as several manufacturers might be providing sugar produced with different processes for the same brand. Using brown sugar is not a solution as brown sugar is often refined and made brown again.
Recently, some companies started labelling cane sugar produced without the use of bone char as vegan and selling it in special organic groceries. ([1]). Also look out for the V-Label .