Is Laffy Taffy Vegan?

Wondering about the vegan status of laffy taffy candy?You’re in the right place.Here’s everything you need to know…

And while you’re here – be sure to check out the other vegan candy articles that we’ve listed all the way at the bottom.

Is Laffy Taffy Vegan?

ANSWER:  Like many sugar-based candies, the small version ofLaffy Taffydoesn’t contain any blatantly labeled animal products which means that it would be considered Vegan.Thebig version of Laffy Taffy does howeverhave eggs,making it not vegan.There are a few ingredients (including sugar) in the small version whichcould potentially involve animal products which we discuss below.However, we don’t recommend stressing about trace ingredients.

Check Out Next : Vegan Food List for Beginners

Most Popular Vegan Taffy Candies

• Mini Air Heads
• Mambas Fruit Chew
• Mini Laffy Taffy

In the list above, we’ve compiled the most popular vegan taffy candies we could find online.Many of the smaller taffy brands had egg or milk in them, but the big brands above did not.Please note that different larger versions of any of these given candiesmay not be vegan(besides Mambas which we found to be all vegan).

What About the Sugar in Laffy Taffy?

Here’s the most up to date Laffy Taffy ingredients we could find:

Corn Syrup, Sugar, Palm Oil and Less Than 2% of Mono- and Diglycerides, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Malic Acid, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavors, blue #1, red #40, yellow #5.Contains Soy Ingredients.​

Laffy Taffy is primarily Corn Syrup and Sugar.Conventional (meaning non-organic) sugar has the capacity to be filtered with animal ingredients such as bone char.Laffy Taffy is a huge brand who most likely sources sugar from different places.This means that tracking whether or not any animal derived products (filtering materials in this case) were involved in the making of one specific candywould be nearly impossible.

The same applies to any natural colors and flavors in Laffy Taffy.Tracking their origins, especially given the different types of the candy out there would be difficult, but we believe that the same principle applies.

Laffy Taffy and the Definition of Veganism

The definition of veganism according to the Vegan Society is as follows:

Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.

The keywords in this definition is possible and practicable. While this is not an excuse to go out and eat products blatantly made from animals, veganism isn’t something to be overthought, especially for someone that’s new to it. Veganism is grounded in maximum harm reduction simply because 100% harm reduction is impossible. 

While one doesn’t necessarily need to eat Laffy Taffy in order to survive, it is not constructive for a new vegan to over think ingredient statements that aren’t blatantly labeled with animals, especially if it makes veganism too complicated for them. A more experienced vegan may opt to give up questionable products as a matter of principle, but the harm reduction to animals isn’t going to be anything of impact.

Conclusion on Laffy Taffy

When it comes to sugary candy including Laffy Taffy, we’ve boiled it down to one rule of thumb. Check the label for any animal ingredients (including gelatin) that are clearly labeled. If they aren’t, you can consider it 99.9% vegan. As you become more experienced on plant-based eating, you may want to consider avoiding anything questionable, but that’s your choice.

Finally, because candies don’t really contain any nutritional value, we recommend sticking as close to whole foods plant based as possible!

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Joey Bruno

Hey, I’m Joey. I’ve been cooking since I was a little kid and love everything about it. You can find my writing about food, kitchen appliances (such as blenders) and much more. Thanks for stopping by!