If you are a vegan, can you eat the packaged foods which say: "may contain traces of egg"?

Question

may contain traces of egg means there is a really small chance that the food contains ANY egg at all, but can vegans still eat these foods???

Answer 1

It depends on how hard-core vegan you are. If you really want to be a purist, avoid it. If you don't really care go ahead.

If you're going to feed this to a vegan you know, ask them about it.

Answer 2

Only if you want to.

Answer 3

depends on which version of vegan u are, and one has  to read hte labels .

Answer 4

No.

Vegans don't eat anything that came from an animal, period. If that food contains traces of egg, it's not vegan, just vegetarian.

The only reason those warnings are on there is to let vegans know that it's not a vegan-safe/approved food, so while the chance may be slim, it's a possibility and if that possiblity happened to be in the package you bought well then..that would be that.

Answer 5

It depends on if your a card carrying vegan or not. If you do eat it just don't tell anyone or the SOCIETY will yank your Veggie Card :-)

BTW: A hard core vegan will stay away from processed food like that.

Answer 6

it depends if YOU care, if you are a hardcore vegan, then no. ID you dont care that much then sure

Answer 7

if you are a Vegan you can't eat these food, because probably contain traces of one thing that you not eat at all!!

Answer 8

There is no "hard core vegan" as one person mentioned. Either you are vegan, or you are a vegetarian, if you consume eggs (even once in a while)

So the answer is: no!

Answer 9

This isn't a common labeling practice in the US.

The more common one is "natural flavorings" which almost always contain meat or egg products.  

I'm a vegetarian (not vegan) but I avoid them because of the possibility of meat.  And they're often titled "100% natural" !!

Answer 10

I think most vegans don't have a problem with this. This label arises when companies (even our favorite vegan companies) outsource their manufacturing. Not many companies can afford their own dedicated equipment. Nonetheless, the equipment is cleaned thoroughly before vegan or any other 'vegan by accident' products are made. The labeling is really just there for those with allergies - and to avoid lawsuits, what a sad world we live in.. (although the chances are so so slim of the item being contaminated due to stringent cleaning procedures in  manufacturing facilities).  I think it is always best to support businesses that offer vegan products, regardless of the factory they have to use to put it out there. I'm sure they are trying their best. Anything is a step forward.

However, I'm sure there are some people who are so militant they would rather companies producing vegan products on a small scale would go bankrupt or let vegan products produced by large companies fail then let a 'trace' (of dubious presence) of egg slip past their lips. It's always wise to ask people who you are entertaining just in case.

Answer 11

I wouldn't eat it if it said "may contain small traces of egg".  I have never even seen a label like that before.

If there is a chance that it has eggs in it I don't want it.

Now if you are actually referring to the label "May be processed on the same equipment as products that contain eggs".  That is different.  That doesn't mean there might be eggs in the product.  They wash the machinery first.

That is for allergy reasons, not vegan reasons.