Non-vegan clementines

[Second Summer]

I thought fruit would be vegan. FAIL!

"Treated with Imazalil, Wax (E904, E914)".

 

[Poppy]

Well now that's just stupid. I have a bowl of clementines in the kitchen and the carton is long gone. I never thought to look at ingredients on a box of fruit.

 

[KLS52]

Ok I just clicked several links and I'm only finding that Imazalil is a fungicide. I can't find anything about the type of wax it's mixed with. Are we assuming it's beeswax? What about all of the other shiny fruit?

 

[Second Summer]

Ok I just clicked several links and I'm only finding that Imazalil is a fungicide. I can't find anything about the type of wax it's mixed with. Are we assuming it's beeswax? What about all of the other shiny fruit?

E904 used in the wax is shellac

Hopefully, not all stores do this to their clementines or other fruit.

 

[KLS52]

Oh, I see. Thanks. Guess we will all be looking at our fruit from now on.

 

[silva]

I pulled out the bag from my cara cara oranges and found they may be coated with beesway or lac shellac.
I had one with mold on one side so I don't see that coating doing anything. They were from trader joes
I used to check for that but it was making me crazy so I don't anymore. I will write companies about it though as I think that's a better way to stop the practice.

 

[KLS52]

I looked at a bag of halos in the store this morning and it said vegetarian or lac-wax

 

[silva]

I looked at. Bag of halos in the store this morning and it said vegetarian or lac-wax

I've always know the term 'lac' to refer to the beetles. I can't find anything particularly about lac wax. I just remembered- beetles used for resin is considered vegetarian, just not vegan! I'd posted about why confectioners glaze was ok for vegetarians but not gelatin. I disagreed, but everyone else that responded was ok with it because the beetles themselves weren't in the food (or something).
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[KLS52]

I've always know the term 'lac' to refer to the beetles. I can't find anything particularly about lac wax. I just remembered- beetles used for resin is considered vegetarian, just not vegan! I'd posted about why confectioners glaze was ok for vegetarians but not gelatin. I disagreed, but everyone else that responded was ok with it because the beetles themselves weren't in the food (or something).
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I didn't make the beetle connection. I looked it up and lac wax is from beetle shellac.

 

[teacup]

I know they wax lemons ... have never looked to see with what, or if they even tell us ... I always buy the unwaxed ones as zest the rind off to use for baking.