PETA has a comprehensive but out of date (2013) list here of things you can purchase in the grocery store that are “accidentally vegan”. Items that are accidentally vegan but NOT on the PETA list can be found below. Note: Manufacturers can change their ingredients at any time so checking the label is always best. Caution-“Plant Based” is being used to ‘green wash’ products and is OFTEN used to sell vegan meat mixed with animal cheese or animal milk products. Plant Based often means NOT VEGAN (ie Jimmy Deans sandwich, Plantivore items).
Breakfast or Lunch Frozen meals (formerly called “tv dinners”) List of several brands to print
Baking Supplies Kroger biscuit mix or Wal Mart brand or Bisquick ORIGINAL baking mix. MOST Duncan Hines & Betty Crocker cake or brownie mixes & icings. Athens Phyllo Dough Pastry Sheets. Keebler & most store brands graham cracker crusts. See “by product line” link for chocolate chip options.
Beverages Adult Beverages- Barnivore.com can tell you if the beer, wine etc is vegan based on company input Hawaiian Punch sugar free drink mixes Nestlé Nesquik Chocolate Syrup & some store brands (Smucker’s is NOT vegan!!!) & Nestlé Nesquik Strawberry Syrup
Breads MOST French bread & MOST Sourdough breads. Most hot dog/hamburger buns. Most loaf breads-typically the name will cue if it has honey or buttermilk in it, but check the label first. Kroger brand English Muffins. (Thomas brand is NOT). Canned Crescent rolls (see below). Dinner rolls-see Cooking tab, holiday page. Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix the vegetarian one (veganize by omitting egg & add 1/2 tsp baking powder to mix, 3 Tbsp applesauce, & use vegan milk or water instead of milk, bake according to package).
Breakfast (see cereal below) Pearl Milling whole wheat waffle mix, Bisquick, regular & Reduced fat, and MOST Kroger brand “Baking Mix”. Van’s-Many of their frozen waffles (like their Original) and pancakes are vegan. Frozen Kroger brand Original AND Cinnamon French Toast Sticks but Aldi are NOT. Kodiak Plant Based pancake mix is vegan.
Can goods 2 of Bush’s Cecina Latina® Products & their Vegetarian Baked Beans are vegan;
Candy Full list under Cooking/holidays plus more found below: Atkinson‘s Sugar Free Peanut Butter Bars (like Chick-o-sticks) on back states Vegan!!!!
Cereal General Mills & most store brand Cherios, Chex Cereal (most flavors), Frosted Flakes, Rice Crispies, General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch Shreds (these do not have frosting as the frosted mini wheats have gelatin) UNFROSTED Mini Wheats Life cereal. Bear Naked Granola-about 1/3 of them are vegan including: : Fit Triple Berry & Granola Peanut Butter & Granola Maple Cinnamon Grain Free & Granola Dark Chocolate Almond Grain & Granola Cacao and Cashew Butter &Granola Maple Cinnamon Grain Free & Granola Fit V’nilla Almond.NOTE: Vitamin D3 can be sourced from animal or plant sources and it is not explained on the product label. If General Mills labels has D3, it has some sheep sourced (lanolin) D3-General Mills states this in their FAQ. Post states in their FAQ their D3 is animal based
List of 12 other cereals here
Chips & Crackers Original Chex Mix & Corn Nuts; DORITOS Spicy Sweet Chili Flavored & Tangy Pickle Chips (ONLY vegan flavors) Fritos Bar-B-Q Flavored Corn Chips & Fritos Brand The Original Corn Chips; Keebler Original Club Crackers & Ritz (& most generics) & Wheat Thins (& most generics) Nabisco Original Grahams are the only available vegan option; Nabisco Saltine Crackers and Nabisco Triscuits (Original and most flavors) (and most store brands like Aldi & Kroger) Town House Original Crackers; Most pretzels are vegan; Bugles.
Potato Chips Crackers Cape Cod Salt and Vinegar potato chips; Lay’s potato chips (Barbecue, Classic, Deli Style Original, Dill Pickle, Lightly Salted, and “All Dressed”(Canadian favorite-like BBQ) varieties) Lay’s Wavy potato chips (Lightly Salted and Original varieties); 2019 Kettle Brand list of vegan options
Condiments Smuckers Marshmallow Flavored Spoonable Ice Cream Topping. ONLY Kroger brand Worcestershire sauce (ingredients)-all others have FISH. Aldi Salad Dressings-“Tuscan label” CA French or the Italian. McCormick (Imitation) Bacon Bits. French’s Crispy Fried Onions & Aldi’s (verify Aldi’s annually).
Canned Crescent and other dough (refrigerated): Kroger and Wal Mart store brand crescent roll cans are all vegan. All the Pillsbury canned crescent types including the Hawaiian flavor are vegan. Pillsbury Canned pizza crust, Pillsbury canned Cornbread dough, and Pillsbury canned Grands biscuits. Canned Cinnamon Roll doughs- Kroger Simple Truth brand and Amy’s.
Desserts/Sweets Frosted Animal Crackers, (Stauffers brand NOT Mother’s brand). Joy (flat bottom) ice cream cones & most waffle cones. Nabisco Ginger Snaps & Nutter Butter & Nutter Butter Bites & Ritz Peanut Butter Bites, Oreos (Original & most flavors) & many store brands & Biscoff cookies & most animal crackers ONLY Golden Bowl Fortune Cookies Old Dominion and Softer than Brittle Peanut brittle brands Poptarts-ONLY the UNFROSTED ones (frosting has gelatin) Breyers Dairy Free Ice Cream (NOT their lactose free) Lenny & Larry Cookies (Wal Mart, convenience stores)-VEGAN company, widely available. Sweet Lauren vegan chocolate chip cookie dough. Kroger deep dish ready to bake pie crusts. Pillsbury canned pie crust (NOT their box crust). Snack Pack Pudding-ONLY the Lemon is vegan
Granola “Safe & Fair” brand online lets you sort for their vegan options
Margarine 2 of the 3 Country Crock Spread are vegan (Calcium & Original) TUB ONLY NOT the Country Crock sticks Sticks UNLESS you get their vegan Plant Based sticks. Aldi tub margarine. Earth Balance & Country Crock Plant Based sticks & Smart Balance sticks MOST of the Smart Balance® Buttery Spreads tub & Earth Balance tubs & Kroger brand tub.
Popcorn “Safe & Fair” brand online lets you sort for their vegan options
Pantry Manwich sauce; Progresso crispy plain panko bread crumbs. MOST dry pasta are vegan (NOT egg noodles)
Ready To Eat Channa Masala by Tasty Bite-they LABEL their vegan options as such & their web site lets you find their vegan or GF; Annie Chun’s Noodle Bowls-they LABEL their vegan products like all 5 noodle bowls-web site for vegan or GF
Sauces Indian Jalfrezi sauce (jar) from Aldi; Many Saffron Road sauce pouches are overtly vegan
Seitans Impossible, Beyond, Gardein and Hungry Planet are 100% vegan. Boca-nuggets, ground, 1 of the burgers are vegan. Morningstar-most but NOT ALL products are vegan. Quorn is vegetarian FEW vegan options. Dr Praegers-some are vegan.
Sides Stuffing- See list on Cooking\holidays
Ling Ling vegetable fried rice
Snacks-Super PretzelSoft Pretzel. Bugles & ORIGINAL Chex Mix are vegan.Cracker Jacks.
Snack Bars Bobo’s bars etc-all Bobo’s are vegan (Wal-Mart, Walgreens). Caffeinated bars VERB overtly state they are vegan. BelVita Breakfast Biscuits Clif Bars &some Luna bars & ALL LӒRABARs & some Kashi bars. Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars (Apple Crisp, Cinnamon, Maple Brown Sugar, Peanut Butter, Pecan Crunch, and Roasted Almond varieties) Nature Valley Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bars (Cranberry & Pomegranate, Dark Chocolate Cherry, Dark Chocolate & Nut, and Fruit & Nut varieties); most soft granola bars are NOT vegan. Made Good granola bars (some labeled overtly as vegan)