Bulmers Blueberry and Lime is Vegan Friendly

Company email (May 2019) for Germany:

"Alle drei Sorten Bulmers Cider, die in Deutschland erhältlich sind, sind glutenfrei und für Vegetarier und Veganer geeignet."

[Google translation: "All three varieties Bulmers Cider, which are available in Germany, are gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians and vegans."]

Company email (April 2019)
"I can confirm that all of our ciders, with the exception of Woodpecker and Strongbow Original, are now veggie and vegan. Those fruit juice mixtures that were previously not suitable for veggies have recently been changed and are now all suitable."

Company email (May 2018)
"We can confirm that yes, our Bulmers Original Cider is suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It should be noted that for all our ciders there is always the possibility of low levels of carry-over between ciders that aren't suitable for vegetarians and those that are in production."

Company email (August 2016):
"While the majority of our ciders do not have any animal derived ingredients there is a possibility of carryover from some of our ciders that do, therefore we do not claim that any of our ciders are vegetarian."

Company email (January 2016):
"Bulmers Zesty Blood Orange is not suitable for vegetarians as Cochineal is used in the production."

Company email (July 2015):
"While the majority of our ciders do not have any animal derived ingredients there is a possibility of carryover from some of our ciders that do, therefore we do not claim that any of our ciders are vegetarian."

Company email (July 2014): [from UK CustomerCare]
"Both our Bulmers Original and Woodpecker ciders contain cochineal. None of the other ciders we make directly contain animal ingredients although, as I have previously advised, we don't make any vegetarian or vegan claims as we can't guarantee that there hasn't been a small amount of mixing of cochineal containing ciders with those that don't contain cochineal.

The other point I would like to make is that, while we don't use any animal derived clarifying agents during the making of our ciders, I am unable to confirm whether or not such agents have been used in making the fruit juices that we use in our fruit flavoured ciders.

I hope that this information helps you, and I hope you don't mind me just confirming that in providing this information, I am not making any claim that any of our ciders are suitable for vegetarians or vegans."

Company email (July 2014): [from consumercare@heineken.co.uk] re: Bulmer's Original and Bulmer's Cherry
"I can confirm we do not use finings or any animal products such as gelatine for filtration of cider or for juice produced by ourselves or our suppliers.
While the majority of our ciders do not use Cochineal there is a possibility of carryover from some of our ciders that do, therefore we do not claim that any of our ciders are vegetarian."

Company email (June 2014): [from consumercare@heineken.co.uk]
"We don't use finings or any animal products such as gelatine for filtration of cider or for juice produced by ourselves or our suppliers.
While the majority of our ciders do not use Cochineal there is a possibility of carryover from some of our ciders that do, therefore we do not claim that any of our ciders are vegetarian."