Vegan - Non-Vegan Ingredients
Vegan - Non-Vegan Ingredients
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Sable: The fur obtained from the sable marten, a small carnivorous mammal. It is not vegan.
Salicylic Acid: It is obtained from the leaves of wintergreen, meadowsweet, willow bark or other plants. It can also be produced synthetically by heating phenol with carbon dioxide. It is vegan.
Shellak: Insect secretion. It is not vegan.
Silk: Fabric made of fiber produced by the larvae ("silkworm") of some bombycine moths, whose harvest requires the destruction of the insect. It is not vegan.
Sodium Alginate: The sodium salt of alginic acid extracted from brown seaweed. It is vegan.
Sodium Aluminum Sulphate: White solid used as acidity regulator in foods. It is mainly used in the production of baking powder. It is produced by combining sodium sulfate and aluminum sulfate. It is vegan.
Sodium Benzoate: The sodium salt of benzoic acid. It is produced by reacting sodium hydroxide with benzoic acid. It is used as a food preservative. It is vegan.
Sodium Bicarbonate: Soda bicarbonate. It is vegan.
Sodium Carbonate: Soda Ash. A sodium salt of carbonic acid. It is vegan.
Sodium Chloride: The chemical term for table salt. Mining (rock salt) can be obtained by adding water to salt deposits (evaporated salt), or it can be obtained from oceans and salt lakes (sea salt). It is vegan.
Sodium Hydroxide: Caustic Soda. A water-soluble solid usually produced by treating brine. It was obtained from the ashes of a certain seaweed. It is vegan.
Sodium Lactate: The sodium salt of Lactic Acid. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Sodium Lauret Sulfate (SLES): Sodium salt of sulfated ethoxylated lauryl alcohol. It is vegan.
Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS): It is prepared by sulfating lauryl alcohol and then neutralizing it with sodium carbonate. It is vegan.
Sodium Metabisulfite: An inorganic salt. White to yellowish powder with sulfur dioxide odor. It is used as a disinfectant, antioxidant and preservative. It is vegan.
Sodium Phosphate (mono-, di- and tri-): Synthetic material usually prepared by partial or complete neutralization of phosphoric acid using sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide. It is vegan.
Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate: It is prepared from Lactic Acid and fatty acids. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Sodium Sulphate: Sodium salt of sulfuric acid. It is vegan.
Sorbic Acid: White powder obtained from fruit or produced synthetically. It is vegan.
Sorbitan Monolaurate: It is obtained from raw materials of plant origin. It is known commercially as Span 20. It is vegan.
Sorbitan Monostearate: It is produced by reacting stearic acid with sorbitol to obtain an ester mixture. It is known commercially as Span 60. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Sorbitan Monooleate: It is obtained from animal or vegetable sources. It is known commercially as Span 80. The herbal-derived version is known as Span 80V. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Sorbitan Monopalmitate: It is obtained from raw materials of vegetable origin. It is known commercially as Span 40. It is vegan.
Sorbitan Tristearate: It is obtained from animal or vegetable sources. It is known commercially as Span 65. The vegetable-derived version is known as Span 65V. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Sorbitan Trioleate: It is obtained from animal or vegetable sources. It is known commercially as Span 85. The vegetable-derived version is known as Span 85V. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Sorbitol: A sugar alcohol obtained from fruits such as cherries, plums, pears, apples or corn, seaweed and algae. It is vegan.
Sourdough: Also known as "starter culture", "sourdough culture" or "sourdough culture". It is usually made with a flour and water mixture inhabited by yeast and lactobacteria that contain no animal ingredients. Sometimes yogurt is used initially. Bread made from sourdough culture is called sourdough bread. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Spermecet: The oily substance obtained from the head of a sperm whale in the form of wax. It is not vegan.
Sponge: A "low-level" aquatic animal or colony of animals characterized by a tough elastic skeleton made up of interlaced fibres. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Squalene: It is found in the liver of sharks (and mice). It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Starch: It is a complex carbohydrate found in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stems of plants such as corn, potatoes, wheat, beans and rice. It is vegan.
Stearate: Stearic acid salt. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Stearic Acid: Fat obtained from cow, pig, sheep, dog or cat. It can be obtained from herbal sources. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Stearin(e): General name of three glycerides (monostearin, distearin, tristearin). It consists of a combination of stearic acid and glycerin and is mainly applied to tallow or tristearin, which is the main component of tallow. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Stearyl Alcohol: It is prepared from sperm whale oil or from vegetable sources. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Stearyl Tartrate (Stearyl palmityl tartrate): It is made from stearyl alcohol and tartaric acid. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Sucroglycerides: Obtained by reacting sucrose with an edible fat or oil in the presence or absence of a solvent. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Sucralose: It is known under the brand name Splenda. It is produced from sugar cane. Some, but not all, Splenda manufacturers have confirmed that they do not use bone char as a filter. Sucralose is tested on animals. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Sucrose: Sugar. It should be checked whether it is of vegetable origin.
Suede: Tanned child, pig or calf leather. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Sugar: A sweet, crystallizable material consisting entirely or mainly of sucrose. It is obtained commercially from sugar cane or sugar beet. Beet sugar is vegan, but some cane sugars are processed with bone black. It should be checked whether it is of plant origin.
Sulfur Dioxide: A poisonous colorless gas primarily formed by the combustion of sulfur-containing materials such as fossil fuels. It is vegan.
Sulfuric Acid: Vitriol oil. A highly corrosive acid, usually produced from sulfur dioxide. It is vegan.
Sunette: Acesulfame. It is vegan.