L-valine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from amino acid.
| 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-valine may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
L-valine is the L-enantiomer of the amino acid valine. It is produced by the hydrolysis of proteins. Depending on the source of the proteins used it may or may not be vegan.