Hydroquinone derives its vegan and vegetarian status from phenol, benzene, propene.
| 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 hydroquinone is vegan and vegetarian.
Hydroquinone is used in cosmetics. It can be synthesized from benzene and propene or phenol.