Polyquaternium-7 derives its vegan and vegetarian status from acrylamide, diallyldimethylammonium chloride.
| 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 polyquaternium-7 is vegan and vegetarian.
Polyqauternium-7 is an antistatic agent used in cosmetics. There is very little information online about how it's commercially produced, however a CIR report suggests it is manufactured from acrylamide and diallyldimethylammonium chloride.
Sources
- (Ed.). (1995). Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Polyquaternium-7. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 14(6), 476–484.
https://doi.org/10.3109/10915819509010307