Update ·
Via Luis: "Heineken sponsors rodeos and events of this kind."
Strongbow Tropical
by Heineken
Vegan
This product is listed as vegan friendly.
What the company told us
Correspondence on record, with the date of each entry.
Company email ·
"Yes Strongbow Tropical is suitable for vegetarians and vegans."
Company email ·
"All our ciders except for Woodpecker is suitable for vegans."
Company email ·
"All of our products are vegan, including our Newcastle Brown Ale. We do not use isinglass in any of our products."
Company email ·
"We are happy to inform you that all of our beers... are suitable for vegans. We do not use any animal materials or materials derived from animals in our products or during production."
Update ·
Elder pointed out a crab leg commercial: http://youtu.be/O_25H_FDGXE
Company email ·
"basically we do not state that any of our ciders are suitable for vegans/vegetarians as although the majority of our ciders do not have any animal derived ingredients there is a possibility of carryover from some of our ciders that do."
Company email ·
Company email (April 2012):
"We don't use finings or any animal products such as gelatin for filtration of cider or for juice produced by ourselves or our suppliers.
Some of our ciders use Cochineal. While the majority of our ciders do not use Cochineal as they are produced in the same site as some of our ciders that do and they share processes and equipment (i.e. carryover), therefore we do not claim that any of our ciders are vegetarian."
[Ciders using cochineal]: "at present it is only Bulmers Original."
Company email ·
Company Email: (Jan 2011)
"Nos produits ne contiennent aucun ingrédient d'origine animale."
Update ·
Note from Michael: "Responses from Heineken UK to my query, which is not entirely consistent with a previous response. They previously stated that all Amstel was o.k., but the caveat regarding “carryover” sounds like that published on the ingredients lists of vegan foods here, i.e. “may contain......”, which the Vegan Society finds acceptable on the basis of allergy awareness according to EU rules on labelling."