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Are Maoam vegan, vegetarian, and halal?

Are Maoam vegan, vegetarian, and halal
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No party bag is complete without a load of Maoam Stripes, amirite?

There’s nothing more pure and fun in this world than chowing down on a brightly coloured, highly sugary chew that inevitably tries to rip out your fillings.

They’re free from artificial colours but ‘full on chew’.

‘Nothing chews like a Maoam and there’s so many Maoams to chewse from.’

Except if you’re a vegan, vegetarian or a practising Muslim, that is.

Because, my friends, Maoams contain gelatine.

And if you don’t know exactly what that is, it’s a substance extracted from the bones and skins of cattle and pigs. They boil skin, cartilage and bones for ages and eventually you get this kind of yellowish, odourless substance that makes everything kind of jelly-ish.

Really bloody grim.

But Haribo (who makes Maoam) do offer plenty of bone-free sweeties, which use starch instead of gelatine.

Which Haribo products are suitable for vegetarians?

Haribo Funny-Mix

Haribo Giant Strawbs

Haribo Jelly Beans

Haribo Rainbow Twists

Haribo Sour Rainbow Twists

Haribo Sour Rainbow Spaghetti

Haribo Sour Rainbow Strips

Unfortunately none of these are vegan as all of them contain beeswax, which is used as a glazing agent.

Oh and there are also loads of sweets which use Halal beef gelatine if you really want to get your animal bone fix.

We’ve also got the vegan/veggie/halal dirt on Skittles, Love Hearts and Chewits, if you’re interested.

But if you’re trying to go vegan, Maoams and Haribo, in general, are not for you.

Sorry kids.

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