l-alanine

L-alanine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from l-aspartic 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 l-alanine is vegan and vegetarian.

L-Alanine is an amino acid. It is commercially produced from l-aspartic acid by means of fermentation.

Sources

  1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/L-Alanine#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing
  2. Drauz, K., Grayson, I., Kleemann, A., Krimmer, H.-P., Leuchtenberger, W., & Weckbecker, C. (2007). Amino Acids. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Portico.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a02_057.pub2