Ceramide 4 derives its vegan and vegetarian status from ceramide as.
| 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 4 may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Ceramide 4 is the retired name for a ceramide which is now known as ceramide as.
Sources
- 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