Yeah I had the same question but I guess that this very specific language just answers it, it does not include leather and why not? because money like always. There is a huge market on leather.

This is great news anyway, and it could be the first step to include leather one day.

Yes, but nothing actually changed then. Like you said it was an election by clerics, it just happened that they decided to choose his son.

Turned? Wasn’t like that for the last 47 years?

I’d love them to be vegan just to make our lives easier but I’m kind of used to since all my friends are meat eaters anyway. I’m just getting back to the market after breaking a long term relationship with a vegetarian, so I’m not sure yet where to put my boundaries, it is said that the 0,7% of the population in my country is vegan, so I may die single looking for a vegan partner.

I’ve seen this question asked a lot for this specific brand on Reddit.

I’ll just copypaste one answer given a few weeks ago from someone called “goosie7”:

General Mills guidelines on labeling:

Vegetarian: General Mills vegetarian products may contain dairy, egg and bee products (e.g. honey, bees wax). They shall not contain ingredients of other animal origin (mammalian, poultry, fish, crustacean, mollusk, insect) including additives. This is also known as Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian. Microbial derived ingredients (e.g. enzymes) and small amounts of animal-derived ingredients that do not require the harming of an animal (for example, Vitamin D derived from sheep’s wool) are acceptable. NOTES: Prohibited ingredients include but are not limited to: gelatin and carmine. In addition, we ensure that the food label does not include a cross-contact allergen label for fish, crustacean or mollusk.

Vegan: General Mills vegan products shall not contain any ingredient of animal origin (mammalian, poultry, fish, crustacean, mollusk, insect) and shall not contain any animal derivatives (dairy, egg and bee products) including additives and processing aids. Microbial derived ingredients are acceptable (e.g. enzymes). NOTES: Prohibited ingredients include but are not limited to: sugar processed through bone char, L-cysteine hydrochloride processed from human hair or duck feathers, carmine and vitamin D3 derived from sheep’s wool. In addition, we ensure that the food label does not include a cross-contact allergen label for fish, crustacean or mollusk.

It’s most likely sugar processed with bone char, which according to them is vegetarian but not vegan.

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