Beta-alanine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from acrylic acid, acrylonitrile, ammonia, bacteria.
| 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 beta-alanine is vegan and vegetarian.
Beta-alanine is a beta amino acid that is naturally produced in animals. It is used as an additive to energy and sports drinks to prevent fatigue in athletes by promoting the production of carnosine in muscles and is also a precursor to the production of vitamin b5. It can be commercially produced synthetically or from bacteria. The synthetic production route involves adding ammonia to various substrates at high temperatures and pressures. Substrates used are acrylic acid, acrylonitrile, beta-aminopriopionitrile, beta-aminopropanol, and succinimide.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92-Alanine
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92-Propiolactone
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