Diet Pepsi Not Vegan

The pepsi website does not say whether or not diet pepsi is vegan but pepsi s official statement on the issue states that it is suitable for vegetarians but not for vegans.

Diet pepsi not vegan. After all the ingredients are much more complicated than the regular. Could there be animal products involved in any of the ingredients or the manufacturing process. Carbonated water high fructose corn syrup caramel color sugar phosphoric acid caffeine citric acid natural flavors. Diet pepsi is only suitable for vegetarians as it contains traces of ingredients that are not suitable for people following a vegan diet.

If coke lists on their website that original coke is vegan it will be vegan. I know for certain that both lilt and lilt zero have gelatine in. To explain exactly what animal derived ingredient is included that renders the products non vegan. However that was a few years ago.

Rather disturbingly the soft drink giant is refusing to reveal what animal ingredient is used in their diet. Diet pepsi is only suitable for vegetarians as it contains traces of ingredients that are not suitable for people following a vegan diet. So pepsi is vegan but is diet pepsi vegan. According to pepsico diet pepsi isn t suitable for vegans but rather concerningly they won t say why.

The first is that being vegan isn t the only reason people would steer away from certain animal products. Barefoot wine may look vegan friendly but they did not pass barnivore s vegan wine test in the wine making process gelatin the by product of bone which can often include the hooves of cows and pigs and proteins from animal or fish products and milk or eggs have been used in the winemaking process. In an official statement to metro a spokesperson for pepsico said we can confirm that regular pepsi and pepsi max are suitable for vegetarians and vegans. For some reason the soft drink.

Diet pepsi is confirmed to be a non vegan drink but pepsico the corporation behind the brand are refusing to reveal what s actually in it to make it so. And the same goes for diet pepsi. Diet pepsi is vegan despite the many ingredients. I contacted pepsi s customer support july 2019 and received an even better reply.

This is usually not a good thing. Pepsi themselves have said that pepsi and pepsi max are both vegan but diet pepsi is not. Diet pepsi is for some reason not vegan but pepsico won t say what s actually in it. The answer turns out to be something of a mystery.

We have asked pepsi directly to clarify the reasons i e.