http://www.foodfacts.com

You just type in the food and it gives you the health score, allergens, and ingredients. My favorite part is when you swipe your cursor over the allergen logos, it will highlight which ingredients contain those allergens. One of the most interesting foods I found is how sodas like Pepsi Max contain animal allergens and Coke contains dairy allergens.

the ones called ‘tagalongs’ are from little brownie bakers and are NOT vegan (whey is the last ingredient).

the ones called ‘peanut butter patties’ are the exact same cookie, except made by abc bakers and they ARE vegan.

thanks-a-lot, daisy-go-rounds, and lemonades are also vegan, but only made by abc bakers.

some girl scout troops get their cookies from one bakery, other girl scout troops from the other bakery — so you have to check who the supplier is!

The only thing I’m skeptical about are the peanut butter patties aka Tag-A-Longs. My co-worker has a box here citing Whey as an ingredient. When I looked up the individual bakery companies that produce the cookies, one listed Tag-a-longs (with milk) and another listed “Peanut butter patties” that did not have any dairy or eggs in the ingredient list. I don’t know if they sell them separately like it appears. Perhaps depending on location.

Also, Christina is right…check the labels if you are concerned about them being produced in the same vicinity. Of course…strict vegan or not, who are you fighting this time, the FDA and dairy industry, or the sweet little girl scouts who can’t control where your cookies are processed?

a) They sell so many of them
b) It may help mainstream veganism
c) It may provide a convenient reference point when doing advocacy (“Girl scout Cartwheel cookies are vegan.” “Really? I love them. Maybe veganism’s not so hard.”)

For the past several years, when I see a girl scout cookie booth set up outside a store or something, I walk over and ask if they have any vegan varieties, which often leads to a productive discussion. I always say that I’ll buy some if they’re vegan, so this being possibly the year of vegan cheese and girl scout cookies (but not together), I may have to make good on my promise.

The best “girl scout cookie activism” episode for me: A bunch of us were coming out of an activism meeting. I spied a girl scout cookie table, and did my usual bit. A fellow activist had baked some awesome vegan chocolate chip cookies and offered some to the girl scouts and their mothers. They all loved them and promised they would suggest vegan varieties to “the committee.”

Why not just forgo the high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors and colors, and get something more natural? There are plenty of vegan-oriented companies to support.

That is just based on the ingredients at the girl scout website. I am still new to the vegan thing, so if i’ve made a mistake please correct me thanks!