Pantolactone derives its vegan and vegetarian status from isobutyraldehyde, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide.
| 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 pantolactone is vegan and vegetarian.
Pantolactone is used as a precursor to make vitamin b5. It is commercially produced synthetically from isobutyraldehyde, formaldehyde, and hydrogen cyanide.
Sources
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