Hexadecylamine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from palmitic acid, nitride.
| 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 hexadecylamine may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Hexadecylamine is an intermediate used in the synthesis of compounds for cosmetics. Based on the information in the first reference, it seems likely that it is manufactured from palmitic acid and nitride.