Vegan Snacks

• Awesome Almonds^® are certified vegan by Edward & Sons
• No animal derived ingredients.
• No dairy or egg products.
• Our modest use of sweetener is plant-derived beet sugar.
• Almonds are an awesome choice for vegan diets because they supply a purely plant-derived source of protein and calcium.

Why Awesome Almonds^® has a Vegan Logo

• We value our vegan customers.
• Our vegan certification provides confidence that all ingredients and processes are in compliance with a vegan diet and lifestyle.
• Kosher, Halal, and lactose-intolerant consumers will also benefit from this logo because it clearly indicates there are no meat or dairy ingredients.

What is Vegan?

• Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. It is a diet.  For many vegetarians this simply means not eating meat, although many variations abound.
• Veganism is a lifestyle, not just a diet.  The fundamental idea is to refrain from eating AND using all animal-derived foods and products.

Vegan Sweetener Issues

• Honey is often not considered vegan since it is derived from bees.

• Cane sugar may or may not be vegan depending on how it is processed.  Some cane sugar is filtered through "bone char" which is charcoal made from deceased animals.  Even though animals are not raised or slaughtered to make bone char, it nonetheless uses an animal product to refine the sugar.
• Beet sugar is acceptable because bone char is NEVER used.
• Maple syrup, maple sugar and date sugar are also acceptable.
• Source:  Is Sugar Vegan? by Jo Stepaniak, Grassroots Veganism.

To learn more about veganism:

Vegan Links

• The Vegan Society (the originators of veganism, founded in 1944)
• Vegan Action
• Vegan Outreach
• Vegan.com
• Grassroots Veganism
• Downbound.com
• Vegan Chef

Vegan Certification Symbols

• Edward & Sons Vegan Icon
• List of Vegan and Vegetarian Certification Logos

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