Vegetarian and vegan symbolism

Multiple symbols have been developed to represent lacto-vegetarianism and veganism. Several are used on food packaging, including voluntary labels such as The Vegan Society trademark or the V-Label (with support of the European Vegetarian Union^[1][2]) as well as the vegetarian and non-vegetarian marks mandated by the Indian government.^[3] Symbols may also be used by members of the vegetarian and vegan communities to represent their identities, and in the course of animal rights activism.^{[citation needed]}