Nicotinamide derives its vegan and vegetarian status from niacin.
| 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 nicotinamide is vegan and vegetarian.
Nicotinamide is a form of vitamin B3 used to supplement foods. Industrially it is synthesized from 5-ethyl-2-methylpyridine and 3-methylpyridine, which are in turn synthesized from acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, ammonia and paraldehyde and ammonia respectively. It may be also be produced from microbial fermentation.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotinamide
- Blum, R. (2015). Vitamins, 8. Vitamin B
3
(Niacin). Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 1–9. Portico.
https://doi.org/10.1002/14356007.o27_o14.pub2 - https://www.vrg.org/blog/2012/01/19/riboflavin-vitamin-b-2-and-niacin-vitamin-b-3-typically-vegan/