| 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 erythorbate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium erythrobate is the sodium salt of erythorbic acid. It is produced by the fermentation of D-glucose to 2-keto-D-gluconic acid by bacteria and then heated in a basic solution to produce sodium erythrobate.
Sources
- Andersen, F. A. (1999). Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbyl Dipalmitate, Ascorbyl Stearate, Erythorbic Acid, and sodium Erythorbate. International Journal of Toxicology, 18(3_suppl), 1–26.
https://doi.org/10.1177/109158189901800303