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Today we are taking a look at Pirate’s Booty snacks, they come in three different flavors, cheddar blast, aged white cheddar and smart puffs. They are mostly made with puffed rice and corn, however are Pirate’s Booty vegan?
No flavors of Pirate’s Booty is vegan because they all contain milk.
Below is a table showing Pirate’s Booty flavors and its vegan status.
| Flavor | Vegan Status |
| Pirate’s Booty Cheddar Blast | No, contains Milk. |
| Pirate’s Booty Aged White Cheddar | No, contains Milk. |
| Pirate’s Booty Smart Puffs Cosmic White Cheddar | No, contains Milk. |
Pirate’s Booty Ingredients
Below is a list of ingredients from all the flavors that I could find.
- Buttermilk
- Cheddar Cheese
- Citric Acid and Lactic Acid (for flavor)
- Corn Meal
- Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
- Enzymes
- Lactic Acid
- Natural Flavor
- Organic Black Pepper
- Rice Flour
- Salt
- Sea Salt
- Sunflower Oil
- Whey
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As always I’ve highlighted the ingredients that we need to take a closer look at.
Non-Vegan Ingredients
Milk
There are several ingredients made with milk such as whey, buttermilk and cheddar cheese. These ingredients are not vegan since the milk come from cows.
Questionable Ingredients
Natural Flavor
This is a hard ingredient for vegans because natural flavors often consist of many ingredients, but you only see natural flavors on the ingredients label. Since the source is rarely disclosed, vegans can’t know if the ingredients are animal-sourced or not.
There is an interesting article on National Geographic where they disclosed that butt goo from beavers could be used in vanilla flavors. With that in mind, vegans should be cautious when it comes to different flavorings in products.
Enzymes
This ingredient can be made from animal sourced ingredients or plant-based ingredients.
Corn
Corn is a common GMO crop in USA and it’s worth to mention that because of the high amount of herbicide that is needed to grow these. The herbicide can pollute the surrounding ecosystem and cause some severe damage.
Many vegans tends to look for the non GMO project label to avoid GMO’s.
Vegan Alternative To Pirate’s Booty
I found a great vegan alternative called Beyond Puffs.
Conclusion
Milk being a common in ingredient in all three flavors of Pirate’s Booty makes all of them non-vegan. However I did find a great vegan alternative, which I hope you will enjoy.
Thanks for reading, take care!
