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Hot List for Veggies to Spot Animal Derived Ingredients in Disguise
Being a vegetarian can be difficult as some ingredients have a name that does not indicate where they came from, or they can come from vegetable as well as animal sources. Here I share with you a list of hot ingredients commonly used in cosmetics that you need to be aware of...
Hot List For Veggies
This list is made listing the common names of the ingredients as well as their INCI name (the one used on the ingredients list), along with their alternative (meaning the same ingredient with the same name but from an alternative source)
Name
|
INCI name |
Alternative? |
| Hyaluronic Acid |
Hyaluronic acid |
either synthetic or biofermented |
| Collagen (usually from fish) |
Collagen | Rare plant source |
| Elastin (usually from fish) |
Elastin |
No |
| Squalane (from shark liver) |
Squalane |
Yes, from olives |
| Squalene (from sharl liver | Squalene |
Yes, from olives |
| Chitosan and derivatives (from crustaceous) |
Chitosan .. |
No |
| Chitin and derivatives (from crustaceous) |
Chitin ... |
No |
| Carmine (red colour from Cochineal insect) |
CI 75470 |
No |
| Shellac (red colour from Shellac insect) |
Shellac |
No |
| Glycerin (bovine derived) |
Glycerin |
Yes from vegetable oils |
| Lanolin and derivatives (from wool grease) |
Lanolin .. |
No |
| Keratin and derivatives (from vertebrates) |
Keratin | No |
| Sericin (from silk) |
Sericin |
No |
| DNA (from fish) |
. DNA ... |
No |
| Protamine (from fish) |
Protamine | No |
| Caviar extract |
Caviar .. |
No |
This list is not exhaustive, but it contains the most common tricky ingredients for you to get familiar with and get savy about.
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