Sodium caprylate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sodium hydroxide, caprylic 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 caprylate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium caprylate is the sodium salt of caprylic 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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