| 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 boric acid is vegan and vegetarian.
Boric acid is often used as a pH adjuster in eye drops. It is manufactured by reacting ore with strong mineral acids.
Sources
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Boric-Acid#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing
- (Ed.). (1983). 6 Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Borate and Boric Acid. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 2(7), 87–125.
https://doi.org/10.3109/10915818309142004