Is Acetobacter/Multi-Botanical/Antler Velvet/Honey/Malt Ferment Filtrate vegetarian?

This is the filtrate of a fermentation product made from numerous plant barks, roots, leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, mushrooms and whole plants, together with deer antler velvet, malt and honey, fermented by the microorganism Acetobacter. The inclusion of antler velvet, which is harvested from live deer, makes this ingredient non-vegan and non-vegetarian.

An ingredient is considered vegetarian if it avoids components derived from killing an animal.

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