Most Back to Nature cookies are vegan. The plant-based range contains no dairy or eggs. The exception is the Honey Graham Sticks, which contain honey. The cane sugar and palm oil are grey areas some vegans avoid.
Some cookies are made on equipment shared with milk and eggs. That's an allergy warning, not an ingredient.
Back to Nature labels most of its cookies "plant-based snacks", and nearly all of them are vegan by ingredient. One product breaks the pattern.
Which Back to Nature cookies are vegan?
| Cookie | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Chunk and Mini Chocolate Chunk | Vegan | |
| Classic Creme and Mini Classic Creme | Vegan | |
| Double Creme | Vegan | |
| Peanut Butter Creme | Vegan | |
| Fudge Mint and Fudge Striped | Vegan | |
| Lemon Wafer and Mini Vanilla Wafer | Vegan | |
| Mini Golden Creme | Vegan | |
| Homestyle Soft-Baked cookies | Vegan | Made with palm oil shortening. |
| Honey Graham Sticks | Not vegan | Contain honey. |
Back to Nature's range changes, so check the box for honey on anything new.
What's in them
The base is unbleached enriched wheat flour, cane sugar, palm or safflower oil, brown rice syrup, leavening, sea salt, soy lecithin and natural flavors, with chocolate, cocoa, peppermint oil, peanut butter or lemon oil depending on the flavor. None of these come from animals.
The grey areas
Sugar: Back to Nature uses plain cane sugar, not certified organic sugar, so it may have been filtered with bone char. The cookies aren't certified vegan, which would require proof the sugar wasn't. More on sugar.
Palm oil: vegan, but linked to deforestation. The brand doesn't say its palm oil is RSPO-certified.
Most vegans are comfortable with both. It's your call.
How to spot non-vegan cookies
Cookies are one of the easiest snacks to get wrong, because dairy and egg are standard baking ingredients. Check for:
- Butter, milk, whey, buttermilk or milk chocolate.
- Eggs or egg whites.
- Honey, which is common in graham crackers and "natural" cookies.
- Vitamin D3 in fortified products.
A "plant-based" label isn't regulated in the US, so it's always worth a quick scan of the ingredients.
The bottom line
Back to Nature's plant-based cookies are vegan, apart from anything with honey. Read the box for the Honey Graham Sticks and any new flavors.
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Sources and how we checked
We reviewed the ingredient information below in Oct 2026. Recipes change, so check the pack, especially if you have an allergy.
Spotted a recipe change? Tell us and we'll re-check.