Comments on: OOOH AHHH! Vegan Halloween Treats

By: Cecile

Cecile — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:37:34 +0000

wow I’m going to stop naming dates. LOL I mean aug 2010.

By: Cecile

Cecile — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:36:56 +0000

sorry *as far back as August 2011* was what I meant to say. If you want to check that they’re still doing that, try shooting them an email. good luck everyone

By: Cecile

Cecile — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:35:43 +0000

Nestle confirmed in an e-mail as far back as Nov. 2010 that the glycerine they use in Twizzlers is vegetable sourced. I had some with glycerine in them, so I went ahead and figured out if the glycerine was vegan (I just learned today that it can come from animal sources or vegetable ones!) and it certainly is. OH by the way PETA is not reliable for being 100% true blue vegan with their lists on this stuff so be careful. They believe in boycotting animal products except that very small percentage of an animal product that may end up in your food. Personally, after being vegan so long, it just grosses me out, not to mention it crosses my values that I hold stronger now. Hope that helps!

By: me343

me343 — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:28:43 +0000

I have seen some Twizzlers with glycerin, some without. The gelatin/glycerin maybe age of the Twizzlers. I know that Hershey’s is nearly, or all, vegetarian, or vegan. It sounds like it is vegan, as long as it isn’t the older ones with gealatin.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:49:06 +0000

Thanks for that information, Phillipe. That is very good to know, and surprising coming from Peta. Though Peta does make a valid point that 99.9% vegan is better than most, it’s still unfortunate that consumers are supporting the use of animal products by buying these candies. When in doubt, stick with products that specifically list raw (unrefined) sugar. Natural stores are pretty good at carrying such items.

By: Phillipe bojorquez

Phillipe bojorquez — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:03:21 +0000

I wanted to express a word of caution about these candies. When i contacted these manufacturers they could no conclusively state that their sugar came from sources that were not filtered through activated carbon and if that activated carbon was from animal origon. They often switch and amalgamate sugars based on a cost effect ratio.

also from petas own site:

“*Items listed may contain trace amounts of animal-derived ingredients. While PETA supports a strict adherence to veganism, we put the task of vigorously reducing animal suffering ahead of personal purity. Boycotting products that are 99.9 percent vegan sends the message to manufacturers that there is no market for this food, which ends up hurting more animals. For a more detailed explanation of PETA’s position, please visit http://www.caringconsumer.com/labels.html.”

I emailed them and they said that they felt that listing candies with refined sugar created better PR for veganism that only listen candies without.

The one i know for sure that does not have refined sugar are mambas. They use beet sugar.

Good luck all.

By: Charmander

Charmander — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:52:27 +0000

I called up Hersheys and asked int he glycerin was vegetable or animal derived, and the lady looked it up and said it comes from vegetable oil. This is for both twizzles, including the pull n peel.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:15:35 +0000

Twizzlers ARE vegan. I even went to the grocery store to check for the umpteenth time, just to make sure. I checked every type of Twizzler at the store: Nibs, Pull ‘n’ Peels, Bites, Strawberry and Cherry twists… I even checked Red Vines, and though I cannot speak for how the sugar was refined with Red Vines, I know the rest of their ingredients are vegan. The only questionable Twizzler flavor was chocolate since one of the ingredients listed is chocolate. I have Twizzler Strawberry Twists in front of me now. I can take a picture if you’d like. The ingredients are: corn syrup; wheat flour; cornstarch; contains 2% or less of: palm oil; salt; artificial flavor; glycerin; citric acid; potassium sorbate (preservative); artificial color (red 40); and soy lecithin. No gelatin. And Peta, along with other vegan companies, approves Twizzlers so I’m pretty sure they did their research. Perhaps there are some generic twizzler-like candies that do contain gelatin- but none that I’ve seen. So I really have no idea where you are getting your information. But I hope this helps.

By: B Conley

B Conley — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:12:52 +0000

I would check that list carefully. Twizzlers are NOT vegan, they contain gelatin. Check your packaging!