Polypropylene derives its vegan and vegetarian status from propylene.
| 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 polypropylene is vegan and vegetarian.
Polypropylene is used as a viscosity increasing agent in cosmetics. It is manufactured from propylene.
Sources
- Burnett, C. L., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., Gill, L. J., & Heldreth, B. (2020). Safety Assessment of Polyene Group as Used in Cosmetics. International Journal of Toxicology, 39(2_suppl), 59S–90S.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1091581820952385 - https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Polypropylene#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing