Hi, I recently discovered this forum by this thread (it was linked on some vegan article), and before giving up on Continentals I decided to write them again, since the original info was some years old. They took their time (2 weeks) but they just gave me a 'vegan' answer:
Christian Wurmbaeck
Christian.Wurmbaeck@conti.de5:02 PM (6 hours ago)
to me
Hi Patxi,
our stearin is not from animal origin, it's only from vegetable raw
materials.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen - Kind regards
Christian Wurmbäck
Head of Productmanagement Bicycle Tires
Productmanager Race & Tubular
Continental - Division RU-PLT