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A long time ago, ( I left in 1990), I worked for a German company who made such materials as sorbitan monostearate. Through the '80s the Body Shop effect meant that 'every' consumer wanted vegetable based emulsifiers. This caused the suppliers of the raw materials to have separate streams, and it was possible to issue certificates of conformity, stating 100% vegetable origin.
This century we have seen distributors of farm produce seek to avoid separation, mainly to force GM Soya into human foodchains, even if only eaten by livestock.
It is likely that the supplier of the SMS in the Lidl Yeast can use certified vegetable only raw materials and I would like to think that Lidl are enforcing this.
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I like making bread. I’ve been using these Lidl dried yeast sachets lately, which I’ve a couple of years old now, but I noticed this weekend they aren’t actually stated as vegan. It’s just dried yeast and sorbitan monostearate (e491 emulsifier), which I gather is usually plant based fat, although derived but can be animal based.
However, I’ve noticed the new sachets from Lidl all now say “Vegan” on them. Is this likely to have always been vegan and they’ve just repackaged it? Am I being pedantic here? Loads of vegans must make their own bread.