Calcium stearate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from calcium chloride, stearic acid.
| 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.
Commercially available calcium stearate may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Calcium stearate is an organic calcium salt of stearic acid. It is used as an anticaking agent in food and cosmetics and as an opacifying agent in cosmetics. It is commercially produced by reacting stearic acid with a water soluble calcium salt like calcium chloride.
Sources
- (Ed.). (1990). Final Report of the Safety Assessment of Lithium Stearate, Aluminum Distearate, Aluminum Stearate, Aluminum Tristearate, Ammonium Stearate, Calcium Stearate, Magnesium Stearate, Potassium Stearate, Sodium Stearate, and Zinc Stearate. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 1(2), 143–177.
https://doi.org/10.3109/10915818209013152 - https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Calcium-Stearate