Perhaps someone from Sainsburys could answer a point that is confusing me. You say:
"The only exceptions are those groups of products which are obviously vegan (and where our vegan customers have indicated that labelling is uneccessary). Examples include plain waters, unseasoned flours, plain fruit and veg."
I was assuming that this meant that (say) unseasoned flour would have nothing on it, no "Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans", no ""Suitable for Vegetarians", no nothing. (i.e. The "obvious" exception would apply to vegetarian labelling also).
However, over the weekend I found some Scottish Porridge Oats. The ingredient list just said "oats" and there was no allergy information whatsoever.
Now I wasn't terribly surprised that it didn't say it was suitable for vegans, as I guess you could argue that it's obvious that oats are just, well, oats.
But what confused me was that it said "suitable for vegetarians"?
Surely it's either obvious or not obvious? How can it be obvious for vegans but not for vegetarians?
Or is Sainsburys saying that vegans are cleverer than vegetarians?
So my questions are:
1) Does the "obvious" exception also apply to vegetarian labelling? (i.e. will obvious things just have no veggie/vegan labelling, or will they say "Suitable for vegetarians").
2) Are the Scottish Porridge Oats suitable for vegans?
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