I'm very much a soda enthusiast (the same way a lot of people are with beers or wines) but I also personally watch out for sugar produced with bone char. I keep a list and thought it'd be best not just sitting in my files. I'll edit when I can.
This is not a list of healthy sodas, or sodas that have been certified vegan and contamant-free, or sodas that don't use chemicals tested on animals.
These are sodas that as far as I can tell, buying does not lead to avoidable animal suffering.
Please read ingredients and use your own judgement on whatever you buy and take this with a grain of salt.
Information may be outdated.
This is mostly sodas that I've seen in the US.
Certified vegan by respectable organizations:
Sodas that don't say Cane Sugar on the label:
Sugar from Britain, India, Australia, and most of the EU or Canada is not processed with bone char according to some reliable sources.
I am awaiting a response from Indian Wells Brewing Company who bottles sodas licensed by Rocket Fizz.
Please use the comments for suggested additions/removals/changes, information, questions, and comments related to the list itself instead of debating over health/chemical testing/bone char/labor.
This is not a list of healthy sodas, or sodas that have been certified vegan and contamant-free, or sodas that don't use chemicals tested on animals.
These are sodas that as far as I can tell, buying does not lead to avoidable animal suffering.
Please read ingredients and use your own judgement on whatever you buy and take this with a grain of salt.
Information may be outdated.
This is mostly sodas that I've seen in the US.
Certified vegan by respectable organizations:
- Olipop
- Rocky Mountain
- Maine Root
- Poppi
- Culture Pop
- Jones
- Wild Bill's
- Virgil's (although it is produced by the same company as Reed's Ginger Beer containing honey)
- The following Bundaberg flavors: Lemon, Lime & Bitters, Diet Lemon, Lime Bitters, Burgundee Creaming Soda, Traditional lemonade, Guava, Blood Orange, Peach, Passionfruit and Pineapple & Coconut.
- Fentimans soft drinks (except Lemon Shandy)
- Pepsi made with Real Sugar
- Hank's (contacted the company)
- Joe Tea (contacted the company, although technically not soda)
- Dr Pepper Made with Sugar (Website says the sugar used is Imperial brand, and Imperial's website says they do not use bone char)
- Solo (Made in Australia)
- Dalston's (Uses beet sugar)
- Cherry Republic (Uses beet sugar)
- IRN BRU
Sodas that don't say Cane Sugar on the label:
- Ale-8-One
- Mexican 7-UP
- Mexican Squirt (both Gepp brand (tall bottle, made with sucralose) and Dr Pepper brand (twisty bottle))
- Sangaria brand Ramune
- Stubborn Soda (See below
) - Mountain Dew Real Sugar (made by Pepsi, presumably with the same sugar as Pepsi Real Sugar)
- Kutztown Soda Works (Uses Domino sugar according to email, most likely from Baltimore or Yonkers plants based on proximity, neither of which use bone char)
- Red Ribbon (Changes suppliers often but prefers not to use bone char, as of January 2024 does not)
- Flying Cauldron Butterscotch Beer (Some sources say it is made with Unbleached Cane Sugar. It is also made by the same company as Virgil's)
- Dublin Bottling Works (Most likely also uses Imperial since before recent legal action they were the sole producers of Real Sugar Dr Pepper, and then was advertised as using Imperial)
- Any of these Organic sodas (as long as there are no animal ingredients such as Honey)
Sugar from Britain, India, Australia, and most of the EU or Canada is not processed with bone char according to some reliable sources.
I am awaiting a response from Indian Wells Brewing Company who bottles sodas licensed by Rocket Fizz.
Please use the comments for suggested additions/removals/changes, information, questions, and comments related to the list itself instead of debating over health/chemical testing/bone char/labor.
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