albumin

Vegan? No Vegetarian? Maybe

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 albumin is not vegan but may be vegetarian depending on the source.

Albumin is a general term for a class of proteins. When listed as an ingredient in food, it is usually just referring to proteins extracted from the egg albumen.

Sources

  1. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/breaking-proteins