Hakutsuru Draft Sake

Company email (May 2023) "Hakutsuru Draft Sake are not used any animal-derived ingredients at any point in the production process and in the final product. No any animal-derived fining agents used or otherwise." Company email (November 2020) "All Hakutsuru Sake products do not contain any of animal ingredients (such as milk/lactose/casein, eggs, cochineal, honey, animal-derived enzymes, etc) or are not animal products used in the processing/filtration of the product (such as isinglass, gelatin, etc). "Also, there was not manufactured or bottled anywhere else in the world (by a sub-licensee, for instance) that might use a different processing system, thus making them suitable for vegans." Company email (April 2013): "Of course our organic junmai is brewed in the same manner same as other our products. So organic junmai is vegan-friendly." Company email: We are pleased to inform you that the following Sakes are "vegan-friendly" in which we do not use any animal foods in any processes; Hakutsuru Excellent Sake Hakutsuru Excellent Sake Tanrei Junmai Hakutsuru Draft Sake Hakutsuru SAYURI Coarse-filtered Sake Meanwhile, the following sakes and Plum Wine in our products are not "vegan-friendly" because we use a kind of lacto sugar in their brewing process; Superior Junmai Ginjo Premium Junmai Dai Ginjo "SHO-UNE" Plum Wine