| 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-ergothioneine is vegan and vegetarian.
Ergothioneine is commercially extracted from mushrooms or synthesized. FIXME: are we sure this is vegan?
Sources
- van der Hoek, S. A., Darbani, B., Zugaj, K. E., Prabhala, B. K., Biron, M. B., Randelovic, M., Medina, J. B., Kell, D. B., & Borodina, I. (2019). Engineering the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the Production of L-(+)-Ergothioneine. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 7.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00262