Dimethicone derives its vegan and vegetarian status from silicon, methyl chloride.
| Vegan? Yes | Vegetarian? Yes |
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 dimethicone is vegan and vegetarian.
Dimethicone is a silicon polymer used in cosmetics. It is synthesized from dichlorodimethylsilane and chlorotrimethylsilane, both of which are synthesized from silicon and methyl chloride.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydimethylsiloxane
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Dimethicone#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Dichlorodimethylsilane#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/trimethylsilyl%20chloride#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing