sodium lauroyl sarcosinate

Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sarcosine, fatty acids.

Vegan? Maybe Vegetarian? Maybe

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 lauroyl sarcosinate may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.

Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate is a surfactant used in cleaning products, shampoo, and toothpaste. It is made from the condensation of sarcosine with natural fatty acids. Depending on the source of the fatty acid this may or may not be vegan.

Sources

  1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Sodium-Lauroyl-Sarcosinate#section=Use-and-Manufacturing
  2. 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.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/10915818211023881