Butanol derives its vegan and vegetarian status from propylene.
| 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 butanol is vegan and vegetarian.
Butanol is used as a precursor to make chemicals like butyl acetate and n-butyl alcohol. It is primarily produced from propylene.
Sources
- Hahn, H.-D., Dämbkes, G., & Rupprich, N. (2000). Butanols. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.
https://doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a04_463 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol