Bone char, which is used to process sugar, is made from the bones of cattle from Afghanistan, Argentina, India, and Pakistan. The bones are sold to traders in Scotland, Egypt, and Brazil who then sell them back to the U.S. sugar industry. The European Union and the USDA heavily regulate the use of bone char. Only countries that are deemed BSE-free can sell the bones of their cattle for this process. Bone char—often referred to as natural carbon—is widely used by the sugar industry as a decolorizing filter, which allows the sugar cane to achieve its desirable white color. Other types of filters involve granular carbon or an ion-exchange system rather than bone char.
Bone char is also used in other types of sugar. Brown sugar is created by adding molasses to refined sugar, so companies that use bone char in the production of their regular sugar also use it in the production of their brown sugar. Confectioner’s sugar—refined sugar mixed with cornstarch—made by these companies also involves the use of bone char. Fructose may, but does not typically, involve a bone-char filter. Supermarket brands of sugar (e.g., Giant, Townhouse, etc.) obtain their sugar from several different refineries, making it impossible to know whether it has been filtered with bone char.
Bone char is also used in other types of sugar. Brown sugar is created by adding molasses to refined sugar, so companies that use bone char in the production of their regular sugar also use it in the production of their brown sugar. Confectioner’s sugar—refined sugar mixed with cornstarch—made by these companies also involves the use of bone char. Fructose may, but does not typically, involve a bone-char filter. Supermarket brands of sugar (e.g., Giant, Townhouse, etc.) obtain their sugar from several different refineries, making it impossible to know whether it has been filtered with bone char.
Som PETA skriver är det svårt att veta var sockret i kakorna och godiset man köper på affären kommer från och huruvida det är filtrerats med benkol eller inte. Ska du däremot baka själv har du större kontroll över ingredienserna. En av nordens största sockerproducenter, Dansukker, intygar att deras produkter är veganska.
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Ursäkta det sena svaret.
Vårt socker är producerat av sockerbetor eller sockerrör och vi använder inte animalier vid tillverkningen.
Detta är ett utdrag ur det dokument som styrker det:
We confirm that during production of crystalline sugar substances of animal origin are not used.
The state-of-the-art cleaning of agricultural raw material serves to avoid unintended contamination by substances of animal origin as far as technically feasible.
Therefore the mentioned products are complying with the definitions of vegetarian and vegan foodstuffs by the European Vegetarian Union from July 2015
Ha en bra dag!
Med vänliga hälsningar
Diana Dosen Grunning
Konsumentkontakt Dansukker
Ursäkta det sena svaret.
Vårt socker är producerat av sockerbetor eller sockerrör och vi använder inte animalier vid tillverkningen.
Detta är ett utdrag ur det dokument som styrker det:
We confirm that during production of crystalline sugar substances of animal origin are not used.
The state-of-the-art cleaning of agricultural raw material serves to avoid unintended contamination by substances of animal origin as far as technically feasible.
Therefore the mentioned products are complying with the definitions of vegetarian and vegan foodstuffs by the European Vegetarian Union from July 2015
Ha en bra dag!
Med vänliga hälsningar
Diana Dosen Grunning
Konsumentkontakt Dansukker
Konsumentkontakt, Dansukker, 10/5/2016
Företaget erbjuder även Fairtrade-märkta produkter som bidrar till förbättrade arbets- och levnadsvillkor för odlare och anställda.
Så det är bara att sätta igång och baka!
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