Trehalose derives its vegan and vegetarian status from starch.
| 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 trehalose is vegan and vegetarian.
Trehalose is a sugar derived from two molecules of glucose. Interestingly, trehalose is the major energy store for insects which fly! It is manufactured by using enzymes to break down starch and rearrange the glucose molecules into trehalose.