Sarcosine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from hydroxyacetonitrile, methylamine, monochloroacetic 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 sarcosine is vegan and vegetarian.
Sarcosine is an amino acid and is used as an intermediate in the production of products used in toothpaste and cleaning agents. It is manufactured in several ways. The traditional method uses methylamine and the sodium salt of monochloroacetic acid. An alternative method uses hydroxyacetonitrile.