Sodium benzoate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sodium hydroxide, 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 sodium benzoate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium benzoate is an organic sodium salt used as a preservative. It is produced by reacting sodium hydroxide with benzoic acid.