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