Are all cashew nuts vegan?

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Hi
This might be a stupid question
I'm not vegan myself, but would like to make something vegan for someone.
I need cashew nuts, so browsing the internet for cashews in ASDA, Tesco etc. I find cashew nuts that state 'Suitable for Vegetarians.' on the packaging. Are these also suitable for vegans? I'm thinking yes they are but why don't they say vegan too.
I'm guessing anything vegan is always vegetarian but not all vegetarian is vegan.
https://groceries.asda.com/product/raw-nuts/asda-cashews/1000003091778
Thanks in advance.
This might be a stupid question
I'm not vegan myself, but would like to make something vegan for someone.
I need cashew nuts, so browsing the internet for cashews in ASDA, Tesco etc. I find cashew nuts that state 'Suitable for Vegetarians.' on the packaging. Are these also suitable for vegans? I'm thinking yes they are but why don't they say vegan too.
I'm guessing anything vegan is always vegetarian but not all vegetarian is vegan.
https://groceries.asda.com/product/raw-nuts/asda-cashews/1000003091778
Thanks in advance.
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You could always check with the person you're catering for. Not everyone likes cashews and of course, you have to be very careful in case people have allergies to nuts.
I'm sure they don't have but allergies but I will double check.
Interesting article on it here
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/10/health/avocado-almond-vegan-partner/index.html
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Cashews come from plants.
I know that there are crops which have hives moved from farm to farm in order to do the pollination though - perhaps that's cruel and not vegan.
FTR I'm not vegetarian & think the bees are probably happy because they get loads of pollen.
Figs, on the other hand, are never technically vegan. They rely on insects which die inside their flower during the pollination process. But this is a natural process and many vegans are completely ok with eating them - because the insect is long-digested by the time it fruits.
The Vegan Society website talks about honey and makes various claims about the farming of the bees involved but neglects to mention that ethical beekeeping involves harvesting excess honey, without which they would have to leave and make new nests to make more honey because they don't eat all that they make every year. (In a similar way that lanolin, ethically sourced, is not a problem because wool sheep *need* to be shorn in summer, for their health. What a waste that would be if the wool and lanolin were just thrown away - quite against true vegan philosophy I'd have thought.)
Commercial honeybee keeping also makes life harder for all the wild bee species, as they are outcompeted by the sheer numbers of honeybees. Its becoming a big issue in cities amazingly due to all the middle-class amateur beekeepers mistakenly thinking they are doing good.
https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/blood-cashews