Vegans can eat sourdough bread and never ingest a shred of animal products As long as you are comfortable with wild yeast organisms culturing in your bread
Using yeast fungus organisms in baking are not a problem for most vegansYeasts are not animals since yeast does not have a nervous system Yeast fungus is not capable of registering pain so it is not cruel to use it
Sourdough breads often use only flour water and salt along with wild yeast organisms captured in the air of your kitchen
Yeast is captured, grown in a culture and eventually killed through the baking process to make sourdough
Vegans can eat sourdough bread and never ingest a shred of animal products
If your starter ingredients are only flour and water, you are using a vegan starter
Some sourdough bread recipes include animal by products Milk, butter and honey are sometimes used in sourdough These ingredients are not considered vegan
If you want to be absolutely sure you are getting a vegan sourdough product, bake your own sourdough bread This will ensure you have the purest vegan ingredients