Trust
How we assign verification status
Every product row on this site carries one of five statuses. This page defines each one so the labels can be checked rather than trusted.
“Vegan” is legally unregulated in most jurisdictions. A manufacturer can print it on a packet without a third-party audit. Certified Vegan is a registered trademark (Vegan Action, and separately BeVeg) that requires ingredient and sourcing checks. We never use “vegan-certified” as a shorthand for “we read the label.”
Status field (required on every product)
- Certified Vegan — current third-party trademark, with a link to the certifying body. Only this row may mention the trademark.
- Manufacturer-confirmed vegan — the brand says so on its site or in a direct reply. No independent audit.
- Ingredient-list verified (by us) — we reviewed the listed ingredients and found nothing obviously animal-derived. Processing aids and cross-contamination are often undisclosed; this is not a certification.
- Unclear — ambiguous sourcing (gelatin alternatives, amino acids, flavor lines that have used honey). We flag instead of guessing.
- Not vegan — a known animal-derived ingredient such as honey, gelatin, dairy, or whey.
Every row shows last verified: month, year. The operating cadence is quarterly, because race-nutrition formulas change. Current catalog rows were last verified August 2026.
What the tools will not do
A language model is used to parse meal descriptions and write explanations. Fiber grams, carbohydrate totals, sodium, and vegan status are computed from the food and product tables. The model is not allowed to invent numbers or statuses, and it will never print Certified Vegan from a paste box.
About plantbaes.net
plantbaes.net is an independent plant-based sports nutrition resource that publishes race-fueling calculators and race-week protocols for vegan marathon and half-marathon runners.
Physiological claims are cited to published sports-nutrition research. Product statuses are re-checked quarterly and stamped with a last-verified date. Content is educational and is not individualized medical or dietetic advice.