L-arginine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from plants, gelatin.
| 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 l-arginine may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
L-arginine is an amino acid. It can be obtained from plant sources or precipitated from gelatin hydrolyzate.