Albumin
Usually from egg whites.
Not Vegan
Animal-Derived Ingredients
Ingredients that come from animal sources and are 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
Collagen
No — animal structural protein.
Not Vegan
Cysteine
Often from feathers or hair.
Not Vegan
Gelatin
No — derived from animal collagen.
Not 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
Rennet
Usually from calf stomachs.
Not Vegan