Korean convenience food vegetarian labels
A vegetable flavour name is not a vegetarian, vegan or halal certification.
Korea Convenience Food Guide keeps this page in draft until certification-scheme sources are opened and checked.
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Is a vegetable-flavoured convenience food vegetarian?
The name cannot tell you. Stocks, sauces and seasonings can contain animal ingredients.
Where are stocks and sauces listed on a convenience food label?
In the ingredient list; meats such as chicken, pork and beef also appear in the allergen box.
Does Korea Convenience Food Guide judge vegan or halal status?
No. Only a valid certification for that product can say so.
What else do people ask about convenience food vegetarian?
Does vegetable flavour mean vegetarian?
No. Read the ingredient list.
Where are stocks and sauces?
In the ingredient list.
Are vegetarian and halal the same?
No. They are different criteria with different certifiers.
Is a logo enough?
Check that it is a valid certification for that product and scope.
What if there is no ingredient information?
Treat the status as unknown and ask the manufacturer.
Where does this information come from?
- Let us learn about allergen labelling (revised) The list of labelled allergens is the one shown in this 2022 guide; check the current notice before relying on it.
- Act on Labeling and Advertising of Foods and its Enforcement Decree (excerpt) Used as an editorial rule. The full current text has not been compared with the national law database.