Vegan foods defined

According to the FSSAI’s new regulations, vegan food products are to be labeled as follows:

“Those foods or food ingredients that have not made use of any ingredients, additives and processing aids of animal origin including milk and milk products, fish, poultry and meat, egg or egg products, honey or honey bee products, materials of insect origin like silk, dyes, chitin/chitosan, etc. Or, ingredients that are clarified animal-sourced sourced products e.g., bone char used in sugar bleaching, isinglass in clarifying beer etc.”

The landmark development is a big win for vegans across India, especially as there are many products used across the globe that don’t list bone char or isinglass in products. Bone char is made from animal bones, and isinglass is gelatin found in fish.

Regulations also include that vegan foods should not to be tested on animals.