Acidity regulator derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sorbic acid, citric acid, lactic acid.
| Vegan? Maybe | Vegetarian? Yes |
Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.
Commercially available acidity regulator may be vegan depending on the source, but is always vegetarian.
Acidity regulator is a generic term for substances added to control the pH of a product. Most acidity regulators are vegan like sorbic acid, citric acid, etc. However, there are a few like lactic acid which could potentially come from animal sources.