Sodium palmitate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sodium hydroxide, palmitic acid.
| 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 palmitate may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Sodium palmitate is the sodium salt of palmitic 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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