Is lactic acid a vegan or non-vegan ingredient?!
Is lactic acid a vegan or non-vegan ingredient?
I am vegan and often wonder if it is derived from lactose, the natural sugar in cow's milk
Answers:
If it's lactate or lactic acid, it's not from dairy (exception - sterol lactate due to the stearic acid). "Lac" ingredients are usually produced by a fermentation process using cornstarch or beet sugar. Lactose is always from dairy. Most ingredients made with with calcium are vegan (i.e. calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, calcium sulphate). The exceptions are calcium caseinate and calcium stearate.
Yes, it's derived from lactose. It's not vegan.
Although it can be fermented from lactose (milk sugar), most commercially used lactic acid is derived by using bacteria such as Bacillus acidilacti, Lactobacillus delbueckii or Lactobacillus bulgaricus to ferment carbohydrates from nondairy sources such as cornstarch, potatoes and molasses. Thus, although it is commonly known as "milk acid", products claiming to be vegan do sometimes feature lactic acid as an ingredient.
yes, lactic acid is derived from milk, and no its not vegan. Its amazing how many things contain it. Most pills and supplements are bound with lactose too!
Most Lactic acid is derived from the beet, it is vegan. (I used it in producing sweet alcoholic beverages, because it is a non-fermentable sugar.) Yes you can get lactic acid from lactose, but it is an expensive process, most manufacturers use the beet sugars.
I'd just avoid it anyway. I'm a vegan also. Lactose and lactic acid are hard to digest even if they were artificially produced!
non vegan it comes from milk protiens
Lactic acid comes from beets.