Pasta and a vegan diet go well together, provided, of course, there are no eggs incorporated into the dough.
But does black pasta fit well within a vegan diet? We tell you what we think about it….
Is black pasta vegan?
The answer to the question of whether black pasta is vegan is easy to answer. In fact, black pasta is not vegan.
Black pasta contains an animal product, so this type of pasta does not fit into a vegan diet. Squid ink is usually used to make the pasta black. There are plenty of vegan pasta varieties but black pasta made with squid ink is not one of them.
However, there is one exception. Black pasta can also be made from black beans. If this is the case, black pasta is certainly suitable for vegans.
Of course, whether black pasta is suitable for a vegan diet depends entirely on how the pasta is blackened. We’ll go into more detail here so you can be sure when a black pasta is or is not vegan.
What exactly is a vegan diet?
Since there are different interpretations of a vegan diet, we started looking into what exactly a vegan diet is. We consulted several sources and came to the following conclusion:
“Veganism is a lifestyle that strives to completely avoid the use of animal products.”
Wikipedia
Keeping this description in mind, a lot of pasta varieties fit within a vegan diet. In fact, most of our pasta varieties are thus vegan pasta. This is because most types of pasta are made from durum wheat and water. There is nothing animal-derived about this and thus fits perfectly into a vegan diet.
When is black pasta not vegan?
Black pasta does not fit into a vegan diet if squid ink is used to give the pasta its black color. Squid ink is an animal product and therefore black pasta made with squid ink is not vegan.
In addition, we can discuss endlessly about how the squid ink is “harvested. Therefore, in this blog we focus on whether the ink is animal or not.
When is black pasta actually vegan?
Black pasta is vegan when black beans are used to give the pasta its black color.
Black beans are naturally vegan, so pasta made with black beans is also vegan. Just make sure no eggs are added to the dough. If so, the black pasta is again not vegan!