Are products that contain traces of dairy or egg suitable for vegans?
Q Recently I went to the store and noticed that Fruccio Ice cream has some new flavours, some yummy ones like Peach & Banana. But on the packaging it says that it’s been processed in the same place where milk is also added. I was wondering if these ice cream products are indeed good for Vegans? Thankyou. A The statement I think you are referring to is: ‘Although not added to the product, this product is manufactured in a facility where eggs and nuts are used’. There are similar statements on other products, for example, on some brands of biscuits: ‘May contain traces of peanut, other nut, egg, dairy or seed.’ Such statements basically mean that the company (or supplier to the company) uses these ingredients in other products and that they cannot guarantee that traces of these ingredients do not find their way into the particular product in question. With some people being hyper-allergic to certain foods, companies need to cover themselves in the event of minute quantities of possible a
