Ingredients and products
Are cola and soft drinks vegan?
Short answer
Most classic colas, lemon-limes and flavoured waters are. Exceptions: some drinks with carmine, honey or lanolin-derived vitamin D3, and red colourings.
Standard Coca-Cola and Pepsi do not contain animal ingredients. Energy drinks can be less obvious because of taurine (usually synthetic now) and colourings.
A “red berry” soda may use E120. Vitamin waters with D3 — check the vitamin source.