Pyrophosphate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sodium pyrophosphate, potassium pyrophosphate.
| 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 pyrophosphate is vegan and vegetarian.
Pyrophosphate is not a specific ingredient but refers to several compounds containing two phosphorous atoms. However, all of the food additives that contain the word phosphate are all vegan such as sodium and potassium phosphates.