Vegan Candy
We ran 1,802 candy through our vegan rules: 24 pass, 12 need a label check, and 855 don't make it.
Four animal ingredients run this aisle: gelatin in anything chewy, carmine in anything red, shellac on anything shiny, and beeswax as a glaze. Hard candies and pectin gums dodge all four. That pattern explains almost every verdict below.
You can eat these
Mint Crystals Gum
Passes the check
Dark Mint Chocolate
Passes the check
Spur Bears
Passes the check
HERB FALAFEL WITH PARSLEY, CORIANDER, MINT & DILL
Passes the check
Feeling Berry
Passes the check
Fruit tella Juicy chews
Passes the check
Sparkling lemon, mint, apple & water
Passes the check
Biggetjes
Passes the check
Strawberry Twists
Passes the check
Fruit Pastilles
Passes the check
Rowntrees Pick & Mix Pouch 150g
Passes the check
Palotes
Passes the check
Bio green tea mint
Passes the check
Fizzy Fish Jellies
Passes the check
Fruit Pastilles
Passes the check
Fruit Pastilles
Passes the check
Fruit pastilles Pouch
Passes the check
Jelly Tots
Passes the check
Swiss Herbal Sweets: Tasty Cranberry
Passes the check
Wild mint Organic mayan rainforest chewing gum
Passes the check
Vegan vibe
Passes the check
YUP salty Licorice
Passes the check
Liquorice Soft Original
Passes the check
Soft Liquorice
Passes the check
Where the traps are
What actually disqualifies candy from a vegan diet, counted across 60 of the 855 products that fail:
milk
19 products
gelatine
19 products
marked as non-vegan by open food facts ingredient analysis
10 products
milk powder
6 products
whey
6 products
Check the label first
For these, the data is incomplete or an ingredient can go either way. We say so instead of guessing. Tap one to see exactly what's unclear.
Apple pineapple broccoli cucumber zucchini kale mint spinach
Check the label
Kombucha - Lemon Lime and Mint
Check the label
Mint Green Tea
Check the label
Chupa Chups Bites Multi Colour
Check the label
GRE SHAANGI CHEWY DRAGEES mentos FANT Orange flavo
Check the label
mentos fruits
Check the label
Mint Crumbles
Check the label
Mentos
Check the label
Chewy dragees
Check the label
mentos mint
Check the label
Lolly Drops Cherry
Check the label
Keelpastilles mint
Check the label
Verdicts are automated checks based on Open Food Facts data. Formulations change, so always confirm on the physical label.