Cetyl alcohol derives its vegan and vegetarian status from palm oil, coconut oil, tallow, spermaceti.
| 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.
Cetyl alcohol is a long chain fatty alcohol used in cosmetics. Although traditionally made from spermaceti (whale oil) or tallow, it is almost exclusively made today from plant-based oils like palm oil and coconut oil.