Is Cane Sugar vegetarian?

Cane sugar is sucrose extracted from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). In some countries, particularly the United States, cane sugar may be refined using bone charcoal (bone black) as a decolorising filter, making its vegan status uncertain depending on the refining process used.

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

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