Double checked 2 months ago, first checked January 2009
What the company told us
Correspondence on record, with the date of each entry.
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"Heineken® and our beers and ciders are made purely from agricultural ingredients. In rare, exceptional cases our beverages are made with food processing aids or colourings which are not suitable for vegetarians or vegans. In these cases, we always label these in accordance with the applicable food and beverage legislation.
"At HEINEKEN Ireland Beamish and Murphys are both vegan friendly as we no longer use isinglass in our process."
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[On followup from the April 13 entry] "I checked with our Lab & they confirmed that the stouts are now vegan friendly"
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"At HEINEKEN Ireland isinglass is used in the production of our stouts, as it has been for centuries. Although it is not present in the final product, we still classify the products as not suitable for vegetarians or vegans."
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"The production team have come back and confirmed that both Beamish and Murphys are completely suitable for both vegans and vegetarians."
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"At HEINEKEN Ireland isinglass is used in the production of our stouts, as it has been for centuries."
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“Finings, a protein - like material, obtained from fish sources, has been used for centuries to clarify beers, particularly those beers which do not undergo filtration. We believe that the finings used to remove brewing yeast from Beamish Stout is completely removed with the yeast (by centrifuging). However, as finings is used in the process, we do not say that Beamish is suitable for vegetarians/ vegans ".