Fatty acids derive their vegan and vegetarian status from palm, animal fat.
| 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 fatty acids may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Fatty acids is a generic term for carboxylic acids with an aliphatic chain. Some may be produced from plants like palm oil or from animals. In 2003, 80% of the worldwide production of oils and fats was from plants while 20% from animals.
Sources
- Anneken, D. J., Both, S., Christoph, R., Fieg, G., Steinberner, U., & Westfechtel, A. (2006). Fatty Acids. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Portico.
https://doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a10_245.pub2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid
- https://www.veganpeace.com/ingredients/ingredients.htm