I just spotted these in Tesco recently so I emailed to check their suitability.
Hi,
Thanks for your e-mail regarding our Vegetable Patties.
After consultation with our Production Manager, I can confirm that our Vegetable patties are approved by the Vegetarian Society but NOT the Vegan Society.
The Vegan Society’s criteria for approval is that food products shouldn’t contain a) animal ingredients, b) animal derived ingredients or c) possible animal derived ingredients. Our vegetable patties contain two ingredients that fall under the “possibly animal derived” criteria set out by the Vegan Society. They are :
E472(e) - mono and diacetyltartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E920 - L-cysteine hydrochloride
I hope this answers your query.
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