Elmer’s Glue is Vegan Friendly (Keith Holman \/ Bigstockphoto.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMore and more specialist vegan glues are available and depending what you want the adhesive for you should be able to find one. Certainly when it comes to day-to-day glue needs for things, such as simple domestic repairs, arts, craft and DIY, there are suitable vegan glues available. Not only will such glues be free of animal products and derivatives, they will also not have been tested on animals – something equally as important to many vegans.<\/p>\n
Whilst some of the major brands of adhesive do still use animal glues, most big shops should have at least some vegan-friendly glues. Brands such as UHU<\/strong>, Weldbond<\/strong>, Gorilla Glue<\/strong> and Elmer\u2019s Glue<\/strong> are all suitable for vegans. Elmer\u2019s Glue, which is increasingly available in the UK, has a very clear FAQ on their site which states the following in response to a question regarding animals:<\/p>\nNo, Elmer’s does not make glue from horses or use animals or animal parts. Our products are made from synthetic materials and are not derived from processing horses, cows or any other animals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
They then go further, answering a question regarding milk with the following:<\/p>\n
Our products are derived from synthetic materials, not any type of animal or milk protein. Of course, if you experience any kind of allergic reaction, be sure to check with your doctor regardless of the type of product you are using.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Conglue<\/em>ding Thoughts<\/h2>\nUnfortunately when it comes to glue, there really is no simply answer with so many different types of glue and so many different companies making them in a range of diverse ways. Whilst the vegan gospel is undoubtedly spreading faster than ever, it is yet to really have much impact on DIY, construction and the manufacturing processes of household goods.<\/p>\n
Getting a vegan lasagne and a vegan cola is thankfully easy these days, as is obtaining vegan clothes and vegan shoes. The vegan lasagne and cola will be packaged in a vegan way, quite possibly using vegan-friendly adhesive. The vegan shoes won\u2019t be made from leather or any other animal material but probably will use a synthetic or plant-based glue.<\/p>\n
If you subsequently need glue to repair those shoes, finding a suitable vegan glue will again be easy enough. If you need vegan-friendly glue to fix something else at home or make a collage with the kids, again, doing this without harming animals should be a simple enough process.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s when we move to that next level of project size that things become trickier though. Can you buy a vegan car that categorically hasn\u2019t used an animal glue? Or a new house? Or even a garden shed or fence panel? Clearly some of those will be easier than others but, ultimately, we have to come back to the issue of \u201cperfect\u201d veganism.<\/p>\n
If you have removed all meat, eggs, dairy and other animal products from your diet, you have achieved a great deal. If you then only buy vegan clothes, cosmetics and toiletries, you really are putting in a lot of effort to eradicate animal death and suffering. Buying vegan glues is another small and relatively simple step you can take to move closer to that unobtainable perfection.<\/p>\n
But worrying about whether or not an item you buy, be it as small as a toy or as big as a house, has used non-vegan glues, is quite simply worry you can do without and worry that isn\u2019t productive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":812,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan\/808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/is_it_vegan"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan\/808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}