Anticaking agent derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sodium aluminosilicate, sodium ferrocyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, calcium stearate.
| Vegan? Maybe | 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 anticaking agent may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Anticaking agents are used to prevent powdered or granulated materials from forming lumps. Commercial sources for these agents come from mineral, synthetic, or vegetable sources. Although it is listed as vegan in the source below, one common anticaking agent is calcium stearate which although typically vegan, may come from animal sources. Typical examples of anticaking agents are sodium aluminosilicate, sodium ferrocyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, calcium carbonate, and magnesium carbonate.