ceramide 3

Ceramide 3 derives its vegan and vegetarian status from 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 ceramide 3 may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.

Ceramide 3 is the retired name for a ceramide which is nown known as ceramide np.

Sources

  1. https://www.specialchem.com/cosmetics/inci-ingredients/ceramide-3
  2. Burnett, C. L., Boyer, I. J., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., Gill, L. J., & Heldreth, B. (2020). Safety Assessment of Ceramides as Used in Cosmetics. International Journal of Toxicology, 39(3_suppl), 5S–25S.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1091581820958692