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i received an email response today regarding the veg status of kellogg's cereal for anyone who's interested...
"Thank you for contacting us regarding the vegan status of our cereals. We appreciate the time you took to email us and are happy to discuss our ingredients with you.
Aside from the obvious meat, milk, eggs, and gelatin there are a few ingredients that we use in some of our products that are animal derived.
Most of our cereals contain milk or a diary product such as whey or calcium caseinate. They also are fortified with Vitamin D. Our ingredient specification for Vitamin D says that we can use either Vitamin D2 or D3 in our products. Vitamin D3 is derived from lanolin, an animal product from sheep's wool and Vitamin D2 is not animal-derived. Froot Loops® cereal contains no milk or other animal ingredients but does contain Vitamin D.
At this time we do have three cereals that are free from any animal derived ingredient. These cereals are Kellogg's® Special K® Protein Plus cereal, Special K® Red Berries cereal and Mini-Wheats® Unfrosted Bite Size.
We appreciate your interest in our company and products and hope this information helps you make choices that are appropriate for you.
Sincerely,
Rebecca A Jimenez
Consumer Affairs Department"
so it seems that instead of having to change the ingredient label on the boxes whenever they use Vitamin D3 instead of D2... they just make it "generic" and say "Vitamin D". rather disappointing as the cereal could be vegan depending on the vitamin d used.
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"Thank you for contacting us regarding the vegan status of our cereals. We appreciate the time you took to email us and are happy to discuss our ingredients with you.
Aside from the obvious meat, milk, eggs, and gelatin there are a few ingredients that we use in some of our products that are animal derived.
Most of our cereals contain milk or a diary product such as whey or calcium caseinate. They also are fortified with Vitamin D. Our ingredient specification for Vitamin D says that we can use either Vitamin D2 or D3 in our products. Vitamin D3 is derived from lanolin, an animal product from sheep's wool and Vitamin D2 is not animal-derived. Froot Loops® cereal contains no milk or other animal ingredients but does contain Vitamin D.
At this time we do have three cereals that are free from any animal derived ingredient. These cereals are Kellogg's® Special K® Protein Plus cereal, Special K® Red Berries cereal and Mini-Wheats® Unfrosted Bite Size.
We appreciate your interest in our company and products and hope this information helps you make choices that are appropriate for you.
Sincerely,
Rebecca A Jimenez
Consumer Affairs Department"
so it seems that instead of having to change the ingredient label on the boxes whenever they use Vitamin D3 instead of D2... they just make it "generic" and say "Vitamin D". rather disappointing as the cereal could be vegan depending on the vitamin d used.
