Black Box Wine is Not Vegan Friendly
| by Black Box Wines | |
| Address: | 207 High Point Drive, Building 100 Victor, New York, 14564 USA |
| Phone: | 1-877-801-2042 |
| Fax: | |
| Email: | https://www.blackboxwines.com/contact-us |
| URL: | https://www.blackboxwines.com |
| Checked by: | Tyler |
| Double checked by: | Ben, Amber |
| Added: | almost 17 years ago |
| Double Checked: | 26 days ago |
Company email (February 2025)
"We do not make any claims about being suitable for vegan or vegetarian diets since there are many variations in fining which may involve ingredients not suitable for all formats of the vegan and or vegetarian lifestyle. Generally, none of these ingredients remain in the wine because they are removed by filtration prior to bottling. "
Company email (September 2017)
[Basically the same as the 2009 one]
Company email (circa 2009):
Fining agents are used on a lot-by-lot basis by the winemaker to optimize wine quality. Some fining agents contain proteinaceous materials. Proteinaceous fining agents are used to react with color and/or tannin molecules to make them removable by subsequent filtration. Both the fining agent, the color and/or tannin it reacts with are removed by the filtration process.
All of our fining agents are approved by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB, formerly the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)
One of our standard fining agents contains Micronized potassium casseinate [casein is milk protein], food grade gelatin, egg albumin and other food grade components.