Ceramide eos derive their vegan and vegetarian status from sphingosine, 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 eos may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Ceramide EOS is the N-acylated sphingolipid consisting of sphingosine having the D-erythro structure linked to an esterified omega-hydroxy saturated or unsaturated fatty acid. No detailed information about how it is commercially manufactured is available online so we assume it comes from combining sphingosine 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