Comments on: Jelly Bellys: vegetarian, but not vegan

By: Becci

Becci — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:20:16 +0000

…I thought I’d seen shellac on the ingredients list for Jelly Belly. I’ll have to check again.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:06:11 +0000

First of all, Jelly Belly beans are Kosher. Kosher products do NOT contain cochineal (derived from a Scale insect NOT a beetle). As far as I can tell, the dairy content in the creamy/butter flavored beans and the beeswax are the only things that should concern vegans.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:33:28 +0000

They contain beeswax. No gelatin.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:46:11 +0000

Well, I don’t think any of the beans contain gelatin. However the source of some of the flavours and sources of colours concern me. I called the number on the back of the packaging but was told that I had to email a specific department to find out more about ingredients. Common sense ought to prevail in this case: go with your gut. If you see a red jelly bean, it’s probably from cochineal (crushed female beetles) and the buttered flavour beans are from milk. Assume that unless you confirm otherwise. And abide by it. That’s the surest way to go about this.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:42:42 +0000

http://www.jellybeanfactory.com/ I think it is these. I got these from debenhams after seeing them in the coffee shop with a vegetarian sign. I didn’t eat them because i was not totally happy that they were. I looked online and found they contain animal colours. I emailed the company and all they did was email me back saying they are vegetarian… EVEN when i could see for myself by looking up the ingredients online.

By: jane

jane — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:37:38 +0000

Hi, has anybody looked at the UK site of Jelly Belly recently? they are saying that there is company similar to jelly belly producing none vegetarian beans however stating they are. Does anybody know what company it is?thanks

By: kate

kate — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:02:29 +0000

If you take a look on the Jelly Belly web site in the FAQ section, there is a statement that says Jelly bellies DO NOT contain animal derived ingredients. This is absolute rubbish and I am quite dissapointed that this may confuse people. Milk is an animal derived ingredient (it is derived from a cows nipple duh!) and it is in basically all of the milk or “buttered” flavoured beans. The red colouring that you see on some of the beans is cochineal from burnt and powdered cochineal beetles and if you consider yourself to be a vegetarian than these are not ok for you- unless you are one of those fake vegetarians because you think its cool. If you are vegetarian for ethical reasons than get real and go vegan!

By: Moh'd Tahow

Moh'd Tahow — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:17:10 +0000

well I am Muslim An gelatin is not OK
I got this big box of jully been made from Jelly Belly I read the constain no gelatin I search in the net. I fine this site. and now I am starting eating the bean :) thank you

By: jelly bellys :D

jelly bellys :D — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:10:38 +0000

hi, does any1 no if jelly bellys contain cochineal -? [crushed beetles] ? please confirm! thanks

By: Happy Mom Happy Child

Happy Mom Happy Child — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:18:16 +0000

We are so happy to have found this site and the news on Jelly Belly candy! She is so happy as a lacto-ove veggie kid I (mom) try to make sure she has as normal a child hood and find veggie friendly candy. We love these beans and have been eating them all week. Wow oh wow are we ever happy! I didn’t see anything on lable re: gelatin and decided to just double check.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Apr 2003 20:18:50 +0000

It’s been a while since I wrote this entry, but I was going by info similar to what I found here:

“Jellybeans must contain a gelatinizing agent, such as starch, gelatin, pectin or gum arabic to provide the chewy texture.”

By: Tom Boutell

Tom Boutell — Wed, 09 Apr 2003 20:12:54 +0000

I guessed the number of jellybeans and won
the jar — you know how the game goes.

They were purchased from a bulk candy bin somewhere.

I see comments above that “many” jelly beans contain gelatin, but now that I’ve got them I thought I’d try to find some hard evidence before giving them a bad rap. Can anyone confirm that “most” standard-issue jelly beans are not vegetarian?

By: elvira

elvira — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:01:31 +0000

I love Jelly Belly Jelly beans, and am glad there is no gelatin in it. However, the ingredients list cream and nonfat milk. Are those two ingredients not considered animal-derived?

By: David

David — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 03:58:37 +0000

I think the cheesecake flavor has dairy. Other than that they are AOK.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:48:37 +0000

Mr. Jelly Belly is awesome. I sent him an email once about their sugar free jelly beans (for my mom, who has type II diabetes) and I got the most informative, friendly response I’ve ever gotten from a company.