Sodium alginate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from alginic 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 sodium alginate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium alginate comes from alginic acid which is a naturally occurring polysaccharide found in brown seaweed.