Vitamin d3 derives its vegan and vegetarian status from lanolin, fish oil, lichen, algae.
| 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 vitamin d3 may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol is an important vitamin synthesized naturally when we are exposed to sunlight. Although present in milk and fish oil, most commercial vitamin D3 is produced from lanolin, although vegan versions can be extracted from lichen or algae.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecalciferol
- Bendik, I., Höller, U., Marty, M., Schütz, J., & Labler, L. (2019). Vitamins, 3. Vitamin D. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 1–15. Portico.
https://doi.org/10.1002/14356007.o27_o06.pub2