- Legal or private
- Private certification
- Kind
- Vegetarian
- What it assures
- Product meets the V-Label vegetarian criteria. Dairy and eggs may be allowed under that vegetarian track.
- What it does not assure
- It does not mean vegan. Check the vegan V-Label mark if you need a vegan claim under this scheme.
- Traces / shared lines
Trace exclusion is not a simple on-pack promise
Trace handling follows the private vegetarian standard, not a guarantee against shared equipment with meat.
- Source
- V-Label: criteria and licensing · as of June 1, 2025
V-Label (vegetarian)
What this package mark assures, what it does not, and where the rules come from.
- Issuer
- V-Label.eu / European Vegetarian Union licensing
- Legal or private
- Private certification
- Kind
- Vegetarian
- What it assures
- Product meets the V-Label vegetarian criteria. Dairy and eggs may be allowed under that vegetarian track.
- What it does not assure
- It does not mean vegan. Check the vegan V-Label mark if you need a vegan claim under this scheme.
- Traces / shared lines
Trace exclusion is not a simple on-pack promise
Trace handling follows the private vegetarian standard, not a guarantee against shared equipment with meat.
- Source
- V-Label: criteria and licensing · as of June 1, 2025
Compare two marks
Side by side: what each mark assures and what it leaves open.
- Legal or private
- Private certification
- Kind
- Vegan
- What it assures
- Product meets the V-Label vegan criteria published by the scheme, including no animal ingredients as defined there.
- What it does not assure
- It is not a government mark. Scope details (processing aids, shared lines) follow the current V-Label standard, not a national vegan law.
- Traces / shared lines
Trace exclusion is not a simple on-pack promise
Cross-contact rules are set in the private standard. Read the current V-Label criteria; do not assume allergen-style trace exclusion.
- Source
- V-Label: criteria and licensing · as of June 1, 2025