allulose

Allulose derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sugar, fructose.

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 allulose is vegan and vegetarian.

Allulose, also known as psicose, is a monosaccharide used as a low calorie sweetener and as a skin conditioning agent in cosmetics. It is produced from sugar or fructose.

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allulose
  2. Johnson, W., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Cohen, D. E., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Peterson, L. A., Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., Fiume, M. M., & Heldreth, B. (2025). Safety Assessment of Anhydrogalactose, Anhydroglucitol, Anhydroxylitol, Arabinose, Psicose, Saccharide Hydrolysate, and Saccharide Isomerate as Used in Cosmetics. International Journal of Toxicology, 44(4_suppl).
    https://doi.org/10.1177/10915818251384580