camphor

Camphor derives its vegan and vegetarian status from camphor bark oil, alpha-pinene.

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 camphor is vegan and vegetarian.

Camphor is a white powder used in fragrances and to relieve itching. It can extracted from the camphor tree or synthesized from alpha-pinene.

Sources

  1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Camphor#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing