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Is it vegan? Ingredients, labels, and the genuine edge cases.

Whether a given food or product is vegan, and why the answer is often less obvious than the label suggests. Ingredients, processing aids, and the cases vegans disagree about.

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What is vegan leather made of, and is it better?

The label tells you no animal died. It tells you nothing about what the material is, and the answer is usually plastic, including in the plant-based options.

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A pale shoe with a crocodile-embossed finish, carrying a paper swing tag that reads Vegan