Artificial butter flavor derives its vegan and vegetarian status from artificial flavors.
| 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.
Artificial butter flavor is usually vegan as it is produced from diacetyl, acetylpropionyl, or acetoin. However, since the term is vague, we mark it as maybe vegan since it may be synthesized using chemicals derived from animals.