Dear Vegans: Would you eat McVities HobNobs?

Question

I am going on a day trip with my vegan brother and wanted to get some biscuits he could eat. The ingredients are listed as: rolled oats, wholemeal, sugar, vegetable oil, glucose-fructose sirup, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate), salt

contains gluten.

Now according to my knowledge that should be ok,

HOWEVER it also says: produced on a line handling nuts, milk, soya

So I was wondering if that last bit would stop a vegan from eating them, that they could have come in contact with milk?

I can't get hold of my brother to ask him myself, otherwise I would.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

The warning about being produced on a line handling milk etc is put there for people with allergies. It's to cover the manufacturer's back in the very unlikely event that a microscopic particle of an allergen finds its way into the product and an allergy sufferer has a reaction.

The lines where the food is produced are thoroughly cleaned between uses.

I'm vegan and I'm happy to eat food that carries that warning

Answer 2

Having recently (and mistakenly!) purchased a packet of them, I'm surprised that ANYBODY would want to eat such horrible things - I thought they were tasteless, dry, horrible things !

Answer 3

He is probaly too weak due to the lack of important nutrients in his diet to lift a Hob Nob.

You would probaly be better off with a bag of sawdust for him.

I will have the pork sctratchings please.

Answer 4

yes vegans eat those. some extremists don't though, so unless he is, you should be fine.