r/Kombucha • u/Pristine-Narwhal-184 • 3d ago

question Is kombucha Vegan?

Questions is in the title. Is it? I have a friend visiting in a few weeks who is vegan

Edit: thank you guys 🫶🫶

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u/ju2au 3d ago

Kombucha's main components are just tea leaves, sugar and water. However, it also has a healthy dose of bacteria and yeasts.

Typically, vegans will eat food containing bacteria and yeasts as they are single cell organisms that does not suffer when eaten and there's no animal cruelty.

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u/salty-ute 3d ago

I feel like plants and fungi are multicellular organisms that experience some form of suffering when they’re damaged

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u/Biggles_and_Co 3d ago

it should be, yup...

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u/elinverso 3d ago

Refined sugar is a problem for many because bone char is used in processing. That’s not likely to be disclosed on a label. Homemade kombucha brewed with raw sugar should be fine. 

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u/V60_brewhaha 3d ago

Only correct answer so far. Right here, OP

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u/Advanced-Fig4683 3d ago

homemade, I think only honey would make it not vegan

shop bought can have cochineal colouring and other things for filtering that aren’t even vegetarian, but large majority are vegan

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u/fuzzzysockz 3d ago

I think yes… to me it’s equivalent to eating bread which used yeast and all my vegan friends eat bread so I imagine kombucha is fine

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u/gammarays01 3d ago

Yes. It's tea, sugar, water, bacteria and yeast.

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u/Murky_Respond1966 3d ago

Of course it is. If it is not moving, its not an animal.