Ceramide ap derives its vegan and vegetarian status from phytosphingosine, fatty acids.
| 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 ap may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Ceramide AP is the N-acylated sphingolipid consisting of phytosphingosine having the D-erythro structure linked to an alpha-hydroxy satured or unsaturated fatty acid. No detailed information about how it is commercially manufactured is available online so we assume it comes from combining phytosphingosine and fatty acids.
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