Phenoxyethanol derives its vegan and vegetarian status from phenol, ethylene oxide.
| 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 phenoxyethanol is vegan and vegetarian.
Phenoxyethanol is a colorless oily liquid used as a preservative in cosmetics. It is commercially produced by reacting phenol and ethylene oxide.
Sources
- Schmidt, R. J. (2005). Industrial catalytic processes—phenol production. Applied Catalysis A: General, 280(1), 89–103.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2004.08.030 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumene_hydroperoxide