Vegans outraged as Bank of England reveals new £5 note contains animal fat

Vegans plan to boycott the new plastic £5 note after it was revealed it contains animal fat. 

The Bank of England confirmed on Monday that the note contains traces of tallow, a substance made from animal fat, prompting a social media backlash from British vegans and vegetarians.

Within 18 hours over 6,800 people had signed a petition to get to the Bank of England to remove tallow from bank notes. 

Steffi Rox, 33, a vegan businesswoman, who tweeted at the Bank of England to find out it if the rumours were true, told The Standard: “It’s really disappointing. It’s not a nice thought that there is an animal product in my pocket. It grosses me out.

The new five pound notes aren't vegan!! They contain tallow, which is derived from animal fat ? #vegan #govegan pic.twitter.com/QQbrsplweh

— The Vegan Punk (@TheVeganPunk) 28 ноября 2016 г.

“It seems that Vegans were just not considered which is pretty offensive considering it’s a huge growing community.” 

Ms Rox said from now on she would boycott the five pound note saying she refuses to accept that having animal fat in money is okay. 

“I run a business called Nice Mums and I’m going to stop accepting five pound notes as payment and start refusing them as change.