Triethanolamine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from ethylene oxide, ammonia.
| 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 triethanolamine is vegan and vegetarian.
Triethanolamine is an alcohol used in cosmetics as an emulsifier, thickener, wetting agent, detergent, and alkalizing agent.
Sources
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7618#section=Methods-of-Manufacturing
- (Ed.). (1983). 8 Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Triethanolamine, Diethanolamine, and Monoethanolamine. Journal of the American College of Toxicology, 2(7), 183–235.
https://doi.org/10.3109/10915818309142006