ethyl acetate

Ethyl acetate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from acetaldehyde, ethanol, acetic acid.

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 ethyl acetate is vegan and vegetarian.

Ethyl acetate is used as a solvent. It is produced from acetaldehyde, or from ethanol and acetic acid.

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_acetate
  2. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Ethyl-Acetate#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing