Agar Agar
Yes — from seaweed.
Vegan
Ingredients
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Albumin
Usually from egg whites.
Not Vegan
Ambergris
No — from sperm whales.
Not Vegan
Beeswax
No — produced by bees.
Not Vegan
Carmine
No — from cochineal insects.
Not Vegan
Casein
No — milk protein.
Not Vegan
Castoreum
No — from beaver glands.
Not Vegan
Cochineal
No — crushed insects.
Not Vegan
Coconut Oil
Yes — from coconuts.
Vegan
Collagen
No — animal structural protein.
Not Vegan
Corn Starch
Yes — from corn.
Vegan
Cysteine
Often from feathers or hair.
Not Vegan
Gelatin
No — derived from animal collagen.
Not Vegan
Glycerin
Can be plant or animal derived.
May Be Vegan
Honey
No — produced by bees.
Not Vegan
Isinglass
No — from fish bladders.
Not Vegan
Keratin
No — from animal hooves, horns, feathers.
Not Vegan
Lactose
No — milk sugar.
Not Vegan
Lanolin
No — from sheep's wool.
Not Vegan
Lard
No — pig fat.
Not Vegan
Lecithin
Often vegan (soy) but can be from eggs.
May Be Vegan
Mono and Diglycerides
Can come from plant or animal fats.
May Be Vegan
Natural Flavors
Source unspecified.
May Be Vegan
Nutritional Yeast
Yes — deactivated yeast.
Vegan
Olive Oil
Yes — from olives.
Vegan
Pectin
Yes — from fruit.
Vegan
Rennet
Usually from calf stomachs.
Not Vegan
Shellac
No — from lac insects.
Not Vegan
Soy Protein
Yes — plant-based.
Vegan
Stearic Acid
Can be plant or animal derived.
May Be Vegan
Sugar
May be processed with bone char.
May Be Vegan
Tallow
No — rendered animal fat.
Not Vegan
Tapioca Starch
Yes — from cassava.
Vegan
Tempeh
Yes — fermented soybeans.
Vegan
Tofu
Yes — made from soybeans.
Vegan
Vitamin D3
Often from lanolin (sheep wool).
May Be Vegan
Whey
No — dairy byproduct.
Not Vegan