| Vegan? No | Vegetarian? Maybe |
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 snail mucin is not vegan but may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Snail mucin is the mucus excreted by snails. It is used in cosmetic products as a skin conditioning agent. Traditional methods for extracting the mucus involved farming snails and subjecting them to stress to produce more mucus.