Vegan Certification Criteria

In order to obtain vegan certification, semi-finished products, sweetening materials, yeast, products containing animal materials as food materials and auxiliary substances processed and in all cases during the production phase, animal products as well as animal products must not be tested.

If these materials are not used in the product structure, a certification in accordance with vegan criteria is provided. In addition, the content is available in cases where the required certification criteria must be complied with:

• There should not be any animal products in the product,
• Sea creatures should not be used in products,
• There should be no animal flavors in the flavors put into the products,
• Milk and dairy products extracted from animals should not be used,
• Likewise, eggs and egg products derived from animals should not be used.
• Materials such as honey and royal jelly, which are necessary for vegan nutrition, should not be used,
• The animal product must not contain ingredients for food or clothing with the product,
• No substance of animal origin should be used in the ingredients.

General Process Requirements Required in the Vegan Certification Phase

The equipment that provides the controls made during the vegan inspection must also be suitable for this. Measures should be taken against the risk of contamination of products by animal foods, and the risk of contamination of products with animal foods should be completely eliminated. However, if the materials for animal food were used before the production, during the vegan production, the animal food should be at a rate of 0,1%. This rate is the highest possible among vegan products.

While it stands out as a ratio to be considered in vegan certification, the producer must be careful not to exceed the maximum contamination limit. In addition, another duty of the manufacturer is to make improvements during the storage and distribution processes so that the products are produced in the highest quality. If the product shifts to 0,1% sales share, it causes it to leave the vegan category as a category. All products must be tested for vegan certification.

With the vegan certification, it is aimed to continue the cycle of the world without disturbing the nature and living life targeted. With the reviews of organizations such as V-Mark, the products that are needed are delivered to the consumer in the safest way. It comes to the forefront as one of the organizations established to facilitate the lives of people who continue their lives with vegan nutrition and helps the processes that occur at the product stage of the producer and the consumer. In order to increase the quality of the product and to make the products produced as vegetarian products in accordance with international standards, it is required to be evaluated by international organizations.

In this way, possible risks that may be experienced during trade are eliminated if work is carried out during the production and inspection phase. Vegetarian nutrition is a situation that has become widespread not only in Turkey but also abroad. At this stage, laboratories that test the vegetarian ratios of products and materials such as food and clothing by conducting tests in accordance with world standards, such as EUROLAB, have a very important place in the inspections of sectors that make large productions.

There are some materials used to qualify for vegan certification, where some individuals, after hearing these materials, ask the question of what is vegan leather, one of them. Normally, skins can also be made from animal hides. However, although it looks like the same leather in vegan leather, products such as leather belts designed without using animal skin are called.

Although the purpose here seems to be the same animal skin, it is called leather products that are completed with artificial leather or plant-derived materials as construction material. Although it has vegan certification, there are also production sites that can use leather materials. The most sensitive issue here is that even if we are talking about a belt to be made, products that are not made of animal skin or material come out, which vegan individuals can also use, by obtaining the appearance of animal skin together with the crumpled tissues obtained from different materials, without using any animal materials during the construction phase.