Ceramide ng derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sphinganine, 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 ng may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Ceramide NG is the N-acylated sphingolipid consisting of sphinganine having the D-erythro structure linked to a normal satured or unsaturated fatty acid. No detailed information about how it is commercially manufactured is available online so we assume it comes from combining sphinganine 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