Company email ·
"Our beers are 100% vegan proof. The composition is similar for all the countries of distribution."
Beck's Blue
by InBev
Vegan
This product is listed as vegan friendly.
What the company told us
Correspondence on record, with the date of each entry.
Company email ·
"There are no animal products or derivates to be found in any of our beers."
Company email ·
"The following AB-InBev beer brands sold in UK are suitable for vegans:
Stella Artois
Stella 4%
Budweiser
Beck's
Beck's Vier
Beck's Blue
Brahma
Staropramen
Leffe"
Angela got this from the Australia rep, where Stella is distributed by Fosters:
Stella is NOT vegan friendly when made in Australia.
Jessica got this from a North American rep, where Stella is distributed by Labatt:
We appreciate you taking the time to contact us. You will be pleased to
hear that we do not use any animal products in our beer or the production of it. Thank you for your interest.
Nykle got the following information about Hoegaarden:
"The beer itself is vegan, it does not contain isinglass or gelatine. The labels are attached to the bottle with the following 'glue':
Eticol 700 and Eticol 419 : "casein-glues" = based on dairy-protein (= casein) and starch."
Mackeson on wikipedia:
Mackeson Stout is a dark sweet beer. It is one of the few surviving examples of an old southern English style of sweet stout also known as milk stout because it contains lactose, a sugar derived from milk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackeson_Stout