getabite- Legal or private
- Legal requirement
- Kind
- Vegetarian
- What it assures
- Packaged food is marked vegetarian under Indian food labelling rules: a green filled circle inside a square outline.
- What it does not assure
- It does not mean vegan. Dairy, honey, and other animal products allowed under the vegetarian definition may still be present.
- Traces / shared lines
Not a vegan or allergen-trace mark
The legal mark classifies vegetarian vs non-vegetarian composition. It is not an allergen or shared-line statement.
- Source
- FSSAI: Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations · as of January 15, 2025
FSSAI vegetarian mark
What this package mark assures, what it does not, and where the rules come from.
- Issuer
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
- Legal or private
- Legal requirement
- Kind
- Vegetarian
- What it assures
- Packaged food is marked vegetarian under Indian food labelling rules: a green filled circle inside a square outline.
- What it does not assure
- It does not mean vegan. Dairy, honey, and other animal products allowed under the vegetarian definition may still be present.
- Traces / shared lines
Not a vegan or allergen-trace mark
The legal mark classifies vegetarian vs non-vegetarian composition. It is not an allergen or shared-line statement.
- Source
- FSSAI: Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations · as of January 15, 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