Alginic acid derives its vegan and vegetarian status from seaweed.
| Vegan? Yes | 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 alginic acid is vegan and vegetarian.
Alginic acid, also known as algin, is a polysaccharide used in cosmetics as a viscosity increasing agent. It is commercially extracted from brown seaweed via alkaline extraction.