Calcium phosphate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from monocalcium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate.
| 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 calcium phosphate is vegan and vegetarian.
Calcium phosphates is a general term for minerals containing calcium ions and phosphate anions, the most common of which are monocalcium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, and tricalcium phosphate. They may be produced from rocks, synthetically, or derived from bone ash. According to the VRG, all commercial manufacturers they contacted said they only use mineral sources for the food grade calcium phosphate.