Myristic acid derives its vegan and vegetarian status from coconut oil, nutmeg, palm oil, milk.
| Vegan? Maybe | 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 myristic acid may be vegan depending on the source, but is always vegetarian.
Myristic acid is combined with alcohols to form esters used in cosmetics. The vast majority of the commerical supply seems to come from coconut oil and palm oil, but may also be obtained from milk.
Sources
- (Ed.). (1987). 3: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Oleic Acid, Lauric Acid, Palmitic Acid, Myristic Acid, and Stearic Acid. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 6(3), 321–401.
https://doi.org/10.3109/10915818709098563 - https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/myristic%20acid#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing