- Legal or private
- Private certification
- Kind
- Vegan
- What it assures
- Product is certified under Vegan Action rules for animal ingredients as defined in their programme.
- What it does not assure
- Not a USDA or FDA vegan seal. Certification is private and voluntary.
- Traces / shared lines
Trace exclusion is not a simple on-pack promise
Programme documents describe how production is reviewed. Shared-equipment risk is not the same as a mandatory allergen statement.
- Source
- Vegan Action: Certified Vegan · as of April 1, 2025
Certified Vegan
What this package mark assures, what it does not, and where the rules come from.
- Issuer
- Vegan Action (Vegan.org)
- Legal or private
- Private certification
- Kind
- Vegan
- What it assures
- Product is certified under Vegan Action rules for animal ingredients as defined in their programme.
- What it does not assure
- Not a USDA or FDA vegan seal. Certification is private and voluntary.
- Traces / shared lines
Trace exclusion is not a simple on-pack promise
Programme documents describe how production is reviewed. Shared-equipment risk is not the same as a mandatory allergen statement.
- Source
- Vegan Action: Certified Vegan · as of April 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