ceramide np

Ceramide np derives its vegan and vegetarian status from phytosphingosine, 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 np may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.

Ceramide NP is the N-acylated sphingolipid having the D-erythro structure consisting of a phytosphingosine linked to a normal satured or unsaturated fatty acid. There isn't a ton of information online about the commercial production of this molecule online but it seems that the fatty acid used is typically stearic acid.

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