44 Accidentally Vegan Snack Foods

Going vegan doesn’t mean completely abandoning the foods you enjoyed before making the transition. Many products on store shelves are unintentionally vegan. Check out some of our favourite “accidentally vegan” snacks.

Note: Please always be sure to double-check the ingredients before purchasing anything on this list, as manufacturers are at liberty to change their ingredients at any time.

Ania Wawrzkowicz

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Sweets and Chocolates

Starburst
Millions
Haribo – Sour Rainbow Strips, Sour Rainbow Twists
Flying Saucers
Love Hearts
Polo Mints Original
Jelly Tots
Sherbet Fountain
Skittles
Green & Blacks – Dark Chocolate, Hazelnut & Currant, Ginger, Maya Gold, Espresso, Spiced Chilli, Lemon, Mint
Lindt Excellence – 70%, 85% and 90% Dark Chocolate
Elizabeth Shaw Mint Crisp Dark Chocolates
Divine – Dark Chocolate Mint Thins, Dark Chocolate Ginger Thins, dark chocolate bars in various flavours
Ritter Sport Marzipan
Marks and Spencer Veggie Percy in a Twist and Colin the Caterpillar Sour sweets
Turkish delight – almost always vegan but do double check the label

Find more vegan chocolate treats here.

Crisps and Popcorn

Walkers – Salt & Vinegar, Ready Salted, Prawn Cocktail, Worcester Sauce, Crinkles Simply Sea Salted, Chipsticks Salt ‘n’ Vinegar Flavour
Walkers Sensations – Lime & Coriander Chutney Poppadoms, Balsamic Vinegar & Caramalised Onion
McCoy’s – Salt & Malt Vinegar, Ultimate Sea Salt & Black Pepper, Ultimate Sizzling BBQ Chicken, Ultimate Chargrilled Steak & Peri Peri
Skips Tingly Prawn Cocktail
Sunbites – Sweet Chilli, Original
Pringles – Original
Hula Hoops – Original, Salt and Vinegar
Kettle Chips – Lightly Salted, Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar, Sea Salt & Crushed Black Peppercorns
Kettle Tortilla Chips – Sweet Chili Salsa, Sea Salt
Tyrrells Crisps – Lightly Sea Salted, Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar, Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper, Sea Salt & Black Pepper, Naked, English Barbecue, Red White & Blue; Tyrrells Veg Crisps (all flavours apart from Crinkly Veg)
Doritos – Lightly Salted, Chili Heatwave
Tesco Bacon Rashers Snacks, Sainsbury’s Bacon Crispies and many other own-brand bacon snacks
Propercorn – Smooth Peanut & Almond, Lightly Sea Salted, Fiery Worcester Sauce & Sun-Dried Tomato, Sweet & Salty
Metcalfe’s Skinny Popcorn – Sweet ‘n Salt, Sea Salt, Wasabi Glaze, Cinema Sweet
Butterkist – Sweet Cinema Style, Sweet & Salted, Microwave Popcorn Salted
Mackie’s – Crispy Bacon, Haggis & Cracked Black Pepper

Biscuits and Cakes

Jammie Dodgers
Lotus Original Caramelised Biscuits
Fox’s Ginger Crinkle Crunch Biscuits
Fox’s Cookie Minis
Fox’s Party Rings
Bourbon Biscuits
Oreo Cookies
Maryland Chocolate Chip Sugar Free Cookies
Nairn’s Biscuits – Dark Chocolate Chip Oat, Stem Ginger Oat, Mixed Berries Oat, Fruit & Spice Wheat Free
Crawford’s Pink Wafers
McVitie’s – Ginger Nuts, Fruit Shortcake, Fig Rolls, Hobnobs, Chocolate Chip Hobnobs
Mr Kipling – Apple & Blackcurrant Pies, Treacle Tart

To create your own delicious biscuits and cakes, check out our tips for vegan baking.

Savoury Biscuits

Duncan’s of Deeside Scottish Oatcakes – Family, Olive Oil, Wheat Free
Jacob’s Cream Crackers
Ritz Crackers
Nairn’s – Rough Oatcakes, Fine Milled Oatcakes, Organic Oatcakes, Cracked Black Pepper Oatcakes, Gluten Free Oatcakes, Organic Herb Oatcakes, Mini Oatcakes, Gluten Free Herb & Seed Oatcakes
Ryvita Multi-Seed Thins

Pair these biscuits with a delicious vegan cheese – check out our guide for some ideas.

Spreads and Toppings

Lotus Smooth Caramelised Biscuit Spread
Peanut butter
SunPat Choc-A-Nut Peanut Spread
Tesco Bourbon Biscuit Spread
Hershey’s Reese’s Shell topping
Marmite Yeast Extract

Snack and Protein Bars

Clif Builder’s 20g Protein Bar – Chocolate, Chocolate Mint, Chocolate Peanut Butter
Nākd bars – all flavours
Ma Baker Giant Bars
Trek – Peanut Power, Berry Burst, Original Oat Flapjack, Cocoa Chaos, Cocoa Coconut Flapjack
9bar – Peanut & Raisin, Apricot & Strawberry, Nutty, Original, Flax, Fruity, Chia Berry, Pumpkin, Almond & Raspberry, Peanut, Cashew & Cocoa, Hazelnut, Coconut, Raspberry

For more about healthy snacking on the go, read our guide to putting together a vegan packed lunch.

Other

Betty Crocker Cake Mix – Super Moist, Devil’s Food, Vanilla, Chocolate Swirl, Carrot Cake
Jus-Rol Bake-It-Fresh Pain au chocolate (Most Jus-Rol pastries are vegan – just be sure to check the label.)
Pot Noodle – Beef & Tomato, Bombay Bad Boy, Sweet & Sour, Brazilian BBQ Steak, Chilli Beef, Chinese Chow Mein, Piri Piri Chicken, Sticky Rib
Batchelors Cup A Soup – Tomato, Tomato and Basil
Heinz Cup Soup – Vegetable, Minestrone
Bird’s Traditional Custard Powder
Sainsbury’s Raspberry Jelly

Did we leave your favourite accidentally vegan food off our list? Let us know by tweeting to @PETAUK.