Sodium caprate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sodium hydroxide, capric 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 caprate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium caprate is the sodium salt of capric acid.
Sources
- Fiume, M. M., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., Gill, L. J., & Heldreth, B. (2021). Amended Safety Assessment of Fatty Acyl Sarcosines and Sarcosinate Salts as Used in Cosmetics. International Journal of Toxicology, 40(2_suppl), 117S–133S.
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