Esta lista pretende ser um guia para ler os rótulos dos produtos. Às vezes um produto pode aparentar ser vegano, mas inclui algum aditivo animal. Na dúvida, não compre, normalmente os produtos vegetais são discriminados na rotulagem.

Lista de aditivos de origem animal:
E120 – cochineal (cochonilha)
E542 – edible bone phosphate 
E631 – sodium 5
E901 – cera de abelha
E904 – goma laca
calcium mesoinositol
hexaphosphate
lactose
sperm oil/spermaceti

Lista de ingredientes que podem ser ou não ser de origem animal:
E101 – riboflavin, lactoflavin, vitamin B2 
E101 – riboflavin 5′-phosphate 
E153 – carbon black, vegetable carbon 
E161 – lutein 
E161 – canthaxanthin 
E236 – formic acid 
E237 – sodium formate 
E238 – calcium formate 
E270 – lactic acid 
E322 – lecithin 
E325 – sodium lactate
E326 – potassium lactate 
E327 – calcium lactate 
E422 – glycerol (glycerine) 
E430 – polyoxyethylene, stearate, polyoxyl, stearate 
E431 – polyoxyethylene stearate, polyoxyl stearate 
E432 – polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate, polysorbate
E433 – polyoxyethylene sorbitan mono-oleate, polysorbate
E434 – polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate, polysorbate
E435 – polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate
E436 – polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate, polysorbate 65
E470 – sodium, potassium and calcium slats of fatty acids 
E470 – magnesium salts of fatty acids 
E471 – glycerides of fatty acids, glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl distearate
E472 – acetic acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids, acetoglycerides, glycerol esters 
E472 – lactic acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids, lactylated glycerides, lactoglycerides 
E472 – citric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids
E472 – tartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids 
E472 – mono and diacetyltartaric acid esters of glycerides of fatty acids 
E472 – mixed acetic and tartaric acid esters of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids 
E473 – sucrose esters of fatty acids 
E474 – sucroglycerides 
E475 – polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 
E476 – polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil, polyglycerol polyricinoleate,polyglycerol esters of dimerized fatty acids of soya bean oil 
E477 – propylene glycol esters of fatty acids
E478 – lactylated fatty acid esters of gylcerol and propane
E479 – thermally oxidized soya bean oil interacted with mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids 
E481 – sodium stearoyl
E482 – calcium stearoyl
E483 – stearyl tartrate 
E491 – sorbitan monostearate 
E492 – sorbitan tristearate
E493 – sorbitan monolaurate
E494 – sorbitan mono-oleate
E495 – sorbitan monopalmitate
E570 – fatty acids, butyl stearate 
E572 – magnesium salts of fatty acids, calcium stearate 
E585 – ferrous lactate 
E627 – guanosine disodium phosphate, sodium guanylate, disodium guanylate 
E635 – sodium ribonucleotide 
E640 – glycine, sodium salt 
E920 – L-cysteine hydrochloride 
E1518 – glyceryl mono-, di- and tri-acetate (triacetin) calcium hepatonate calcium phytate diacetin glyceryl leucine monoacetin oxystearin any unspecified flavourings