Potassium benzoate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from benzoic acid.
| 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 potassium benzoate is vegan and vegetarian.
Potassium benzoate is the potassium salt of benzoic acid used as a food preservative.