Sodium propionate derives its vegan and vegetarian status from propionic acid, calcium hydroxide.
| 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 propionate is vegan and vegetarian.
Sodium propionate is the sodium salt of propionic acid. It is used as an antibacterial and antifungal in food products. It is commerically produced synthetically by the neutralization of propionic acid with sodium hydroxide."
Sources
- Samel, U.-R., Kohler, W., Gamer, A. O., Keuser, U., Yang, S.-T., Jin, Y., Lin, M., Wang, Z., & Teles, J. H. (2018). Propionic Acid and Derivatives. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 1–20. Portico.
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