Vegan Business Tribe Podcast - Episode 39: Why is Cadbury Bournville now not vegan? The dangers of 'accidentally vegan' products

What’s going on at Cadbury? Chocolate giant Cadbury recently caused an uproar amongst vegans when they updated the ingredients list on their ‘Bournville Giant Chocolate Buttons’ to include milk. We’ve seen a number of companies change their recipes and make an ‘accidentally vegan’ product no longer vegan, but the mystery here is that Cadbury says they haven’t changed the actual recipe of the product – the milk has always been there due to heavy cross-contamination from the other products they make.

So what’s actually going on at Cadbury? What made them now decide to disclose the milk in their Bournville range and what does this mean for other ‘accidentally vegan’ products? David takes a look at what we can learn from this and why food transparency, and creating ‘inclusive’ products that everyone can have (no matter what their dietary preferences and allergies) is good for vegan businesses.