oleyl alcohol

Oleyl alcohol derives its vegan and vegetarian status from oleic acid, butyl oleate, triolein.

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 oleyl alcohol may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.

Oleyl alcohol is a long chain fatty alcohol used as an emulsifier in cosmetics. It is produced from oleic acid, butyl oleate, or triolein.

Sources

  1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Oleyl-Alcohol
  2. (Ed.). (1985). 1 Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Stearyl Alcohol, Oleyl Alcohol, and Octyl Dodecanol. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 4(5), 1–29.
    https://doi.org/10.3109/10915818509078685