List Of Common Non-Vegan Ingredients In Personal Care Products

By Adriane Marie •  Updated: 07/08/25 •  1 min read


Here is a list of common non-vegan ingredients often found in personal care products and toiletries like shampoo, soap, lotion, toothpaste and more.

The following are NOT vegan:

Albumen

Ambergris

Animal Hair

Bee Glue

Beeswax

Biotin

Boar Bristles

Boar Hair

Butterfat

C10-30 Cholesterol

Carmine

Casein

Caseinate

Caviar Extract

Cera Alba (AKA Beeswax)

Ceramide NP

Cetyl Alcohol

Chondroitin

C.I. 75470

Civet musk

civet oil

Cochineal

Collagen

E120

E 904

Elastin

Fish Oil

Fox Hair

Gelatin

Gelatine

Glucosamine

Glycerin

Goat Hair

Goat Milk

Guanine

Gum Lac

Honey

Horse Hair

Hyaluronic Acid

Pearl

Hydrolyzed Conchiolin Protein

Hydrolyzed Keratin

Hydrolyzed Pearl

Hydrolyzed Silk

Keratin

L-Cystein

Lactoferrin

Lactose

Lactic Acid

Lactoferrin

Lanolin

Lanolin Alcohol

Lanosterol Esters

Manuka Honey

Mel

Milk

Milk Protein

Mink Hair

Mink Oil

Musk

Natural Red 4

Oestrogen

Oleic Acid

Oleyl Stearate

Oleyl Oleate

Pearl

Pearl Powder

PEG-8 Distearate

Polysorbates

Propolis

Retinol

Royal Jelly

Sable Hair

Sericin 

Shellac

Shell Powder

Silk Amino Acids

Silk Glue

Silk Powder

Snail Mucin

Sodium Caseinate

Sodium Lauroyl Hydrolyzed Silk

Sodium Palmate

Squalene

Squirrel Hair

Stearic Acid

Tallow

Turtle Oil

Urea

Vitamin D3

Whey

Wool Wax

Adriane Marie

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