Animal Ingredients list

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Adrenaline.

Hormone from adrenal glands of hogs, cattle, and sheep. In medicine.

Alternatives: synthetics.

Alanine.

(See Amino Acids.)

Albumen.

In eggs, milk, muscles, blood, and many vegetable tissues and fluids. In

cosmetics, albumen is usually derived from egg whites and used as a coagulating

agent. May cause allergic reaction. In cakes, cookies, candies, etc. Egg whites

sometimes used in " clearing " wines. Derivative: Albumin.

Albumin.

(See Albumen.)

Alcloxa.

(See Allantoin.)

Aldioxa.

(See Allantoin.)

Aliphatic Alcohol.

(See Lanolin and Vitamin A.)

Allantoin.

Uric acid from cows, most mammals. Also in many plants (especially comfrey). In

cosmetics (especially creams and lotions) and used in treatment of wounds and

ulcers. Derivatives: Alcloxa, Aldioxa. Alternatives: extract of comfrey root,

synthetics.

Alligator Skin.

(See Leather.)

Alpha-Hydroxy Acids.

Any one of several acids used as an exfoliant and in anti-wrinkle products.

Lactic acid may be animal-derived (see Lactic Acid). Alternatives: glycolic

acid, citric acid, and salicylic acid are plant- or fruit-derived.

Ambergris.

From whale intestines. Used as a fixative in making perfumes and as a flavoring

in foods and beverages. Alternatives: synthetic or vegetable fixatives.

Amino Acids.

The building blocks of protein in all animals and plants. In cosmetics,

vitamins, supplements, shampoos, etc. Alternatives: synthetics, plant sources.

Aminosuccinate Acid.

(See Aspartic Acid.)

Angora.

Hair from the Angora rabbit or goat. Used in clothing. Alternatives: synthetic

fibers.

 

Animal Fats and Oils.

In foods, cosmetics, etc. Highly allergenic. Alternatives: olive oil, wheat germ

oil, coconut oil, flaxseed oil, almond oil, safflower oil, etc.

Animal Hair.

In some blankets, mattresses, brushes, furniture, etc. Alternatives: vegetable

and synthetic fibers.

Arachidonic Acid.

A liquid unsaturated fatty acid that is found in liver, brain, glands, and fat

of animals and humans. Generally isolated from animal liver. Used in companion

animal food for nutrition and in skin creams and lotions to soothe eczema and

rashes. Alternatives: synthetics, aloe vera, tea tree oil, calendula ointment.

Arachidyl Proprionate.

A wax that can be from animal fat. Alternatives: peanut or vegetable oil.

Aspartic Acid. Aminosuccinate Acid.

Can be animal or plant source (e.g., molasses). Sometimes synthesized for

commercial purposes.

Bee Pollen.

Microsporic grains in seed plants gathered by bees then collected from the legs

of bees. Causes allergic reactions in some people. In nutritional supplements,

shampoos, toothpastes, deodorants. Alternatives: synthetics, plant amino acids,

pollen collected from plants.

Bee Products.

Produced by bees for their own use. Bees are selectively bred. Culled bees are

killed. A cheap sugar is substituted for their stolen honey. Millions die as a

result. Their legs are often torn off by pollen-collection trapdoors.

Beeswax. Honeycomb.

Wax obtained from melting honeycomb with boiling water, straining it, and

cooling it. From virgin bees. Very cheap and widely used. May be harmful to the

skin. In lipsticks and many other cosmetics (especially face creams, lotions,

mascara, eye creams and shadows, face makeups, nail whiteners, lip balms, etc.).

Derivatives: Cera Flava. Alternatives: paraffin, vegetable oils and fats.

Ceresin, aka ceresine, aka earth wax. (Made from the mineral ozokerite. Replaces

beeswax in cosmetics. Also used to wax paper, to make polishing cloths, in

dentistry for taking wax impressions, and in candle-making.) Also, carnauba wax

(from the Brazilian palm tree; used in many cosmetics, including lipstick;

rarely causes allergic reactions). Candelilla wax (from candelilla plants; used

in many cosmetics, including lipstick; also in the manufacture of rubber and

phonograph records, in waterproofing and writing inks; no known toxicity). Japan

wax (Vegetable wax. Japan tallow. Fat from the fruit

of a tree grown in Japan and China.).

Benzoic Acid.

In almost all vertebrates and in berries. Used as a preservative in mouthwashes,

deodorants, creams, aftershave lotions, etc. Alternatives: cranberries, gum

benzoin (tincture) from the aromatic balsamic resin from trees grown in China,

Sumatra, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Beta Carotene.

(See Carotene.)

Biotin. Vitamin H. Vitamin B Factor.

In every living cell and in larger amounts in milk and yeast. Used as a

texturizer in cosmetics, shampoos, and creams. Alternatives: plant sources.

Blood.

From any slaughtered animal. Used as adhesive in plywood, also found in

cheese-making, foam rubber, intravenous feedings, and medicines. Possibly in

foods such as lecithin. Alternatives: synthetics, plant sources.

Boar Bristles.

Hair from wild or captive hogs. In " natural " toothbrushes and bath and shaving

brushes. Alternatives: vegetable fibers, nylon, the peelu branch or peelu gum

(Asian, available in the U.S.; its juice replaces toothpaste).

Bone Char.

Animal bone ash. Used in bone china and often to make sugar white. Serves as the

charcoal used in aquarium filters. Alternatives: synthetic tribasic calcium

phosphate.

 

Bone Meal.

Crushed or ground animal bones. In some fertilizers. In some vitamins and

supplements as a source of calcium. In toothpastes. Alternatives: plant mulch,

vegetable compost, dolomite, clay, vegetarian vitamins.

Calciferol.

(See Vitamin D.)

Calfskin.

(See Leather.)

Caprylamine Oxide.

(See Caprylic Acid.)

Capryl Betaine.

(See Caprylic Acid.)

Caprylic Acid.

A liquid fatty acid from cow's or goat's milk. Also from palm and coconut oil,

other plant oils. In perfumes, soaps. Derivatives: Caprylic Triglyceride,

Caprylamine Oxide, Capryl Betaine. Alternatives: plant sources.

Caprylic Triglyceride.

(See Caprylic Acid.)

Carbamide.

(See Urea.)

Carmine. Cochineal. Carminic Acid.

Red pigment from the crushed female cochineal insect. Reportedly, 70,000 beetles

must be killed to produce one pound of this red dye. Used in cosmetics,

shampoos, red apple sauce, and other foods (including red lollipops and food

coloring). May cause allergic reaction. Alternatives: beet juice (used in

powders, rouges, shampoos; no known toxicity); alkanet root (from the root of

this herb-like tree; used as a red dye for inks, wines, lip balms, etc.; no

known toxicity. Can also be combined to make a copper or blue coloring). (See

Colors.)

Carminic Acid.

(See Carmine.)

Carotene. Provitamin A. Beta Carotene.

A pigment found in many animal tissues and in all plants. Used as a coloring in

cosmetics and in the manufacture of vitamin A.

Casein. Caseinate. Sodium Caseinate.

Milk protein. In " non-dairy " creamers, soy cheese, many cosmetics, hair

preparations, beauty masks. Alternatives: soy protein, soy milk, and other

vegetable milks.

Caseinate.

(See Casein.)

Cashmere.

Wool from the Kashmir goat. Used in clothing. Alternatives: synthetic fibers.

 

Castor. Castoreum.

Creamy substance with strong odor from muskrat and beaver genitals. Used as a

fixative in perfume and incense. Alternatives: synthetics, plant castor oil.

Castoreum.

(See Castor.)

Catgut.

Tough string from the intestines of sheep, horses, etc. Used for surgical

sutures. Also for stringing tennis rackets and musical instruments, etc.

Alternatives: nylon and other synthetic fibers.

Cera Flava.

(See Beeswax.)

Cerebrosides.

Fatty acids and sugars found in the covering of nerves. May include tissue from

brain.

Cetyl Alcohol.

Wax found in spermaceti from sperm whales or dolphins. Alternatives: Vegetable

cetyl alcohol (e.g., coconut), synthetic spermaceti.

Cetyl Palmitate.

(See Spermaceti.)

Chitosan.

A fiber derived from crustacean shells. Used as a lipid binder in diet products,

in hair, oral and skin care products, antiperspirants, and deodorants.

Alternatives: raspberries, yams, legumes, dried apricots, and many other fruits

and vegetables.

Cholesterin.

(See Lanolin.)

Cholesterol.

A steroid alcohol in all animal fats and oils, nervous tissue, egg yolk, and

blood. Can be derived from lanolin. In cosmetics, eye creams, shampoos, etc.

Alternatives: solid complex alcohols (sterols) from plant sources.

Choline Bitartrate.

(See Lecithin.)

Civet.

Unctuous secretion painfully scraped from a gland very near the genital organs

of civet cats. Used as a fixative in perfumes. Alternatives: (See alternatives

to Musk.).

Cochineal.

(See Carmine.)

Cod Liver Oil.

(See Marine Oil.)

 

Collagen.

Fibrous protein in vertebrates. Usually derived from animal tissue. Can't affect

the skin's own collagen. An allergen. Alternatives: soy protein, almond oil,

amla oil (see alternative to Keratin), etc.

Colors. Dyes.

Pigments from animal, plant, and synthetic sources used to color foods,

cosmetics, and other products. Cochineal is from insects. Widely used FD & C and

D & C colors are coaltar (bituminous coal) derivatives that are continously tested

on animals due to their carcinogenic properties. Alternatives: grapes, beets,

turmeric, saffron, carrots, chlorophyll, annatto, alkanet.

Corticosteroid.

(See Cortisone.)

Cortisone. Corticosteroid.

Hormone from adrenal glands. Widely used in medicine. Alternatives: synthetics.

Cysteine, L-Form.

An amino acid from hair which can come from animals. Used in hair-care products

and creams, in some bakery products, and in wound-healing formulations.

Alternatives: plant sources.

Cystine.

An amino acid found in urine and horsehair. Used as a nutritional supplement and

in emollients. Alternatives: plant sources.

Dexpanthenol.

(See Panthenol.)

Diglycerides.

(See Monoglycerides and Glycerin.)

Dimethyl Stearamine.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Down.

Goose or duck insulating feathers. From slaughtered or cruelly exploited geese.

Used as an insulator in quilts, parkas, sleeping bags, pillows, etc.

Alternatives: polyester and synthetic substitutes, kapok (silky fibers from the

seeds of some tropical trees) and milkweed seed pod fibers.

Duodenum Substances.

From the digestive tracts of cows and pigs. Added to some vitamin tablets. In

some medicines. Alternatives: vegetarian vitamins, synthetics.

Dyes.

(See Colors.)

Egg Protein.

In shampoos, skin preparations, etc. Alternatives: plant proteins.

Elastin.

Protein found in the neck ligaments and aortas of cows. Similar to collagen.

Can't affect the skin's own elasticity. Alternatives: synthetics, protein from

plant tissues.

 

Emu Oil.

From flightless ratite birds native to Australia and now factory farmed. Used in

cosmetics and creams. Alternatives: vegetable and plant oils.

Ergocalciferol.

(See Vitamin D.)

Ergosterol.

(See Vitamin D.)

Estradiol.

(See Estrogen.)

Estrogen. Estradiol.

Female hormones from pregnant mares? urine. Considered a drug. Can have harmful

systemic effects if used by children. Used for reproductive problems and in

birth control pills and Premarin, a menopausal drug. In creams, perfumes, and

lotions. Has a negligible effect in the creams as a skin restorative; simple

vegetable-source emollients are considered better. Alternatives: oral

contraceptives and menopausal drugs based on synthetic steroids or

phytoestrogens (from plants, especially palm-kernel oil). Menopausal symptoms

can also be treated with diet and herbs.

Fats.

(See Animal Fats.)

Fatty Acids.

Can be one or any mixture of liquid and solid acids such as caprylic, lauric,

myristic, oleic, palmitic, and stearic. Used in bubble baths, lipsticks, soap,

detergents, cosmetics, food. Alternatives: vegetable-derived acids, soy

lecithin, safflower oil, bitter almond oil, sunflower oil, etc.

FD & C Colors.

(See Colors.)

Feathers.

From exploited and slaughtered birds. Used whole as ornaments or ground up in

shampoos. (See Down and Keratin.)

Fish Liver Oil.

Used in vitamins and supplements. In milk fortified with vitamin D.

Alternatives: yeast extract ergosterol and exposure of skin to sunshine.

Fish Oil.

(See Marine Oil.) Fish oil can also be from marine mammals. Used in soap-making.

Fish Scales.

Used in shimmery makeups. Alternatives: mica, rayon, synthetic pearl.

Fur.

Obtained from animals (usually mink, foxes, or rabbits) cruelly trapped in

steel-jaw leghold traps or raised in intensive confinement on fur " farms. "

Alternatives: synthetics. (See Sable Brushes.)

Gel.

(See Gelatin.)

 

Gelatin. Gel.

Protein obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, and/or bones with water.

From cows and pigs. Used in shampoos, face masks, and other cosmetics. Used as a

thickener for fruit gelatins and puddings (e.g., " Jello " ). In candies,

marshmallows, cakes, ice cream, yogurts. On photographic film and in vitamins as

a coating and as capsules. Sometimes used to assist in " clearing " wines.

Alternatives: carrageen (carrageenan, Irish moss), seaweeds (algin, agar-agar,

kelp—used in jellies, plastics, medicine), pectin from fruits, dextrins, locust

bean gum, cotton gum, silica gel. Marshmallows were originally made from the

root of the marsh mallow plant. Vegetarian capsules are now available from

several companies. Digital cameras don't use film.

Glucose Tyrosinase.

(See Tyrosine.)

Glycerides.

(See Glycerin.)

Glycerin. Glycerol.

A byproduct of soap manufacture (normally uses animal fat). In cosmetics, foods,

mouthwashes, chewing gum, toothpastes, soaps, ointments, medicines, lubricants,

transmission and brake fluid, and plastics. Derivatives: Glycerides, Glyceryls,

Glycreth-26, Polyglycerol. Alternatives: vegetable glycerin—a byproduct of

vegetable oil soap. Derivatives of seaweed, petroleum.

Glycerol.

(See Glycerin.)

Glyceryls.

(See Glycerin.)

Glycreth-26.

(See Glycerin.)

Guanine. Pearl Essence.

Obtained from scales of fish. Constituent of ribonucleic acid and

deoxyribonucleic acid and found in all animal and plant tissues. In shampoo,

nail polish, other cosmetics. Alternatives: leguminous plants, synthetic pearl,

or aluminum and bronze particles.

Hide Glue.

Same as gelatin but of a cruder impure form. Alternatives: dextrins and

synthetic petrochemical-based adhesives. (See Gelatin.)

Honey.

Food for bees, made by bees. Can cause allergic reactions. Used as a coloring

and an emollient in cosmetics and as a flavoring in foods. Should never be fed

to infants. Alternatives: in foods—maple syrup, date sugar, syrups made from

grains such as barley malt, turbinado sugar, molasses; in cosmetics—vegetable

colors and oils.

Honeycomb.

(See Beeswax.)

Horsehair.

(See Animal Hair.)

Hyaluronic Acid.

A protein found in umbilical cords and the fluids around the joints. Used in

cosmetics. Alternatives: synthetic hyaluronic acid, plant oils.

Hydrocortisone.

(See Cortisone.)

 

Hydrolyzed Animal Protein.

In cosmetics, especially shampoo and hair treatments. Alternatives: soy protein,

other vegetable proteins, amla oil (see alternatives to Keratin).

Imidazolidinyl Urea.

(See Urea.)

Insulin.

From hog pancreas. Used by millions of diabetics daily. Alternatives:

synthetics, vegetarian diet and nutritional supplements, human insulin grown in

a lab.

Isinglass.

A form of gelatin prepared from the internal membranes of fish bladders.

Sometimes used in " clearing " wines and in foods. Alternatives: bentonite clay,

" Japanese isinglass, " agar-agar (see alternatives to Gelatin), mica, a mineral

used in cosmetics.

Isopropyl Lanolate.

(See Lanolin.)

Isopropyl Myristate.

(See Myristic Acid.)

Isopropyl Palmitate.

Complex mixtures of isomers of stearic acid and palmitic acid. (See Stearic

Acid.)

Keratin.

Protein from the ground-up horns, hooves, feathers, quills, and hair of various

animals. In hair rinses, shampoos, permanent wave solutions. Alternatives:

almond oil, soy protein, amla oil (from the fruit of an Indian tree), human hair

from salons. Rosemary and nettle give body and strand strength to hair.

Lactic Acid.

Found in blood and muscle tissue. Also in sour milk, beer, sauerkraut, pickles,

and other food products made by bacterial fermentation. Used in skin fresheners,

as a preservative, in the formation of plasticizers, etc. Alternative: plant

milk sugars, synthetics.

Lactose.

Milk sugar from milk of mammals. In eye lotions, foods, tablets, cosmetics,

baked goods, medicines. Alternatives: plant milk sugars.

Laneth.

(See Lanolin.)

Lanogene.

(See Lanolin.)

Lanolin. Lanolin Acids. Wool Fat. Wool Wax.

A product of the oil glands of sheep, extracted from their wool. Used as an

emollient in many skin care products and cosmetics and in medicines. An allergen

with no proven effectiveness. (See Wool for cruelty to sheep.) Derivatives:

Aliphatic Alcohols, Cholesterin, Isopropyl Lanolate, Laneth, Lanogene, Lanolin

Alcohols, Lanosterols, Sterols, Triterpene Alcohols. Alternatives: plant and

vegetable oils.

Lanolin Alcohol.

(See Lanolin.)

 

Lanosterols.

(See Lanolin.)

Lard.

Fat from hog abdomens. In shaving creams, soaps, cosmetics. In baked goods,

French fries, refried beans, and many other foods. Alternatives: pure vegetable

fats or oils.

Leather. Suede. Calfskin. Sheepskin. Alligator Skin. Other Types of Skin.

Subsidizes the meat industry. Used to make wallets, handbags, furniture and car

upholstery, shoes, etc. Alternatives: cotton, canvas, nylon, vinyl, ultrasuede,

pleather, other synthetics.

Lecithin. Choline Bitartrate.

Waxy substance in nervous tissue of all living organisms. But frequently

obtained for commercial purposes from eggs and soybeans. Also from nerve tissue,

blood, milk, corn. Choline bitartrate, the basic constituent of lecithin, is in

many animal and plant tissues and prepared synthetically. Lecithin can be in eye

creams, lipsticks, liquid powders, hand creams, lotions, soaps, shampoos, other

cosmetics, and some medicines. Alternatives: soybean lecithin, synthetics.

Linoleic Acid.

An essential fatty acid. Used in cosmetics, vitamins. Alternatives: (See

alternatives to Fatty Acids.)

Lipase.

Enzyme from the stomachs and tongue glands of calves, kids, and lambs. Used in

cheese-making and in digestive aids. Alternatives: vegetable enzymes, castor

beans.

Lipids.

(See Lipoids.)

Lipoids. Lipids.

Fat and fat-like substances that are found in animals and plants. Alternatives:

vegetable oils.

Marine Oil.

From fish or marine mammals (including porpoises). Used in soap-making. Used as

a shortening (especially in some margarines), as a lubricant, and in paint.

Alternatives: vegetable oils.

Methionine.

Essential amino acid found in various proteins (usually from egg albumen and

casein). Used as a texturizer and for freshness in potato chips. Alternatives:

synthetics.

Milk Protein.

Hydrolyzed milk protein. From the milk of cows. In cosmetics, shampoos,

moisturizers, conditioners, etc. Alternatives: soy protein, other plant

proteins.

Mink Oil.

From minks. In cosmetics, creams, etc. Alternatives: vegetable oils and

emollients such as avocado oil, almond oil, and jojoba oil.

Monoglycerides. Glycerides. (See Glycerin.)

From animal fat. In margarines, cake mixes, candies, foods, etc. In cosmetics.

Alternative: vegetable glycerides.

Musk (Oil).

Dried secretion painfully obtained from musk deer, beaver, muskrat, civet cat,

and otter genitals. Wild cats are kept captive in cages in horrible conditions

and are whipped around the genitals to produce the scent; beavers are trapped;

deer are shot. In perfumes and in food flavorings. Alternatives: labdanum oil

(which comes from various rockrose shrubs) and other plants with a musky scent.

Labdanum oil has no known

 

Myristal Ether Sulfate.

(See Myristic Acid.)

Myristic Acid.

Organic acid in most animal and vegetable fats. In butter acids. Used in

shampoos, creams, cosmetics. In food flavorings. Derivatives: Isopropyl

Myristate, Myristal Ether Sulfate, Myristyls, Oleyl Myristate. Alternatives: nut

butters, oil of lovage, coconut oil, extract from seed kernels of nutmeg, etc.

Myristyls.

(See Myristic Acid.)

" Natural Sources. "

Can mean animal or vegetable sources. Most often in the health food industry,

especially in the cosmetics area, it means animal sources, such as animal

elastin, glands, fat, protein, and oil. Alternatives: plant sources.

Nucleic Acids.

In the nucleus of all living cells. Used in cosmetics, shampoos, conditioners,

etc. Also in vitamins, supplements. Alternatives: plant sources.

Ocenol.

(See Oleyl Alcohol.)

Octyl Dodecanol.

Mixture of solid waxy alcohols. Primarily from stearyl alcohol. (See Stearyl

Alcohol.)

Oleic Acid.

Obtained from various animal and vegetable fats and oils. Usually obtained

commercially from inedible tallow. (See Tallow.) In foods, soft soap, bar soap,

permanent wave solutions, creams, nail polish, lipsticks, many other skin

preparations. Derivatives: Oleyl Oleate, Oleyl Stearate. Alternatives: coconut

oil. (See alternatives to Animal Fats and Oils.)

Oils.

(See alternatives to Animal Fats and Oils.)

Oleths.

(See Oleyl Alcohol.)

Oleyl Alcohol. Ocenol.

Found in fish oils. Used in the manufacture of detergents, as a plasticizer for

softening fabrics, and as a carrier for medications. Derivatives: Oleths, Oleyl

Arachidate, Oleyl Imidazoline.

Oleyl Arachidate.

(See Oleyl Alcohol.)

Oleyl Imidazoline.

(See Oleyl Alcohol.)

Oleyl Myristate.

(See Myristic Acid.)

 

Oleyl Oleate.

(See Oleic Acid.)

Oleyl Stearate.

(See Oleic Acid.)

Palmitamide.

(See Palmitic Acid.)

Palmitamine.

(See Palmitic Acid.)

Palmitate.

(See Palmitic Acid.)

Palmitic Acid.

From fats, oils (see Fatty Acids). Mixed with stearic acid. Found in many animal

fats and plant oils. In shampoos, shaving soaps, creams. Derivatives: Palmitate,

Palmitamine, Palmitamide. Alternatives: palm oil, vegetable sources.

Panthenol. Dexpanthenol. Vitamin B-Complex Factor. Provitamin B-5.

Can come from animal or plant sources or synthetics. In shampoos, supplements,

emollients, etc. In foods. Derivative: Panthenyl. Alternatives: synthetics,

plants.

Panthenyl.

(See Panthenol.)

Pepsin.

In hogs' stomachs. A clotting agent. In some cheeses and vitamins. Same uses and

alternatives as Rennet.

Placenta. Placenta Polypeptides Protein. Afterbirth.

Contains waste matter eliminated by the fetus. Derived from the uterus of

slaughtered animals. Animal placenta is widely used in skin creams, shampoos,

masks, etc.Alternatives: kelp. (See alternatives to Animal Fats and Oils.)

Polyglycerol.

(See Glycerin.)

Polypeptides.

From animal protein. Used in cosmetics. Alternatives: plant proteins and

enzymes.

Polysorbates.

Derivatives of fatty acids. In cosmetics, foods.

Pristane.

Obtained from the liver oil of sharks and from whale ambergris. (See Squalene,

Ambergris.) Used as a lubricant and anti-corrosive agent. In cosmetics.

Alternatives: plant oils, synthetics.

 

Progesterone.

A steroid hormone used in anti-wrinkle face creams. Can have adverse systemic

effects. Alternatives: synthetics.

Propolis.

Tree sap gathered by bees and used as a sealant in beehives. In toothpaste,

shampoo, deodorant, supplements, etc. Alternatives: tree sap, synthetics.

Provitamin A.

(See Carotene.)

Provitamin B-5.

(See Panthenol.)

Provitamin D-2.

(See Vitamin D.)

Rennet. Rennin.

Enzyme from calves' stomachs. Used in cheese-making, rennet custard (junket),

and in many coagulated dairy products. Alternatives: microbial coagulating

agents, bacteria culture, lemon juice, or vegetable rennet.

Rennin.

(See Rennet.)

Resinous Glaze.

(See Shellac.)

Ribonucleic Acid.

(See RNA.)

RNA. Ribonucleic Acid.

RNA is in all living cells. Used in many protein shampoos and cosmetics.

Alternatives: plant cells.

Royal Jelly.

Secretion from the throat glands of the honeybee workers that is fed to the

larvae in a colony and to all queen larvae. No proven value in cosmetics

preparations. Alternatives: aloe vera, comfrey, other plant derivatives.

Sable Brushes.

From the fur of sables (weasel-like mammals). Used to make eye makeup, lipstick,

and artists' brushes. Alternatives: synthetic fibers.

Sea Turtle Oil.

(See Turtle Oil.)

Shark Liver Oil.

Used in lubricating creams and lotions. Derivatives: Squalane, Squalene.

Alternatives: vegetable oils.

 

Sheepskin.

(See Leather.)

Shellac. Resinous Glaze.

Resinous excretion of certain insects. Used as a candy glaze, in hair lacquer,

and on jewelry. Alternatives: plant waxes.

Silk. Silk Powder.

Silk is the shiny fiber made by silkworms to form their cocoons. Worms are

boiled in their cocoons to get the silk. Used in cloth. In silk-screening (other

fine cloth can be and is used instead). Taffeta can be made from silk or nylon.

Silk powder is obtained from the secretion of the silkworm. It is used as a

coloring agent in face powders, soaps, etc. Can cause severe allergic skin

reactions and systemic reactions (if inhaled or ingested). Alternatives:

milkweed seed-pod fibers, nylon, silk-cotton tree and ceiba tree filaments

(kapok), rayon, and synthetic silks.

Snails.

In some cosmetics (crushed).

Sodium Caseinate.

(See Casein.)

Sodium Steroyl Lactylate.

(See Lactic Acid.)

Sodium Tallowate.

(See Tallow.)

Spermaceti. Cetyl Palmitate. Sperm Oil.

Waxy oil derived from the sperm whale's head or from dolphins. In many

margarines. In skin creams, ointments, shampoos, candles, etc. Used in the

leather industry. May become rancid and cause irritations. Alternatives:

synthetic spermaceti, jojoba oil, and other vegetable emollients.

Sponge (Luna and Sea).

A plant-like animal. Lives in the sea. Becoming scarce. Alternatives: synthetic

sponges, loofahs (plants used as sponges).

Squalane.

(See Shark Liver Oil.)

Squalene.

Oil from shark livers, etc. In cosmetics, moisturizers, hair dyes,

surface-active agents. Alternatives: vegetable emollients such as olive oil,

wheat germ oil, rice bran oil, etc.

Stearamide.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearamine.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearamine Oxide.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

 

Stearates.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearic Acid.

Fat from cows and sheep and from dogs and cats euthanized in animal shelters,

etc. Most often refers to a fatty substance taken from the stomachs of pigs. Can

be harsh, irritating. Used in cosmetics, soaps, lubricants, candles, hairspray,

conditioners, deodorants, creams, chewing gum, food flavoring. Derivatives:

Stearamide, Stearamine, Stearates, Stearic Hydrazide, Stearone,

Stearoxytrimethylsilane, Stearoyl Lactylic Acid, Stearyl Betaine, Stearyl

Imidazoline. Alternatives: Stearic acid can be found in many vegetable fats,

coconut.

Stearic Hydrazide.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearone.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearoxytrimethylsilane.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearoyl Lactylic Acid.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearyl Acetate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Stearyl Alcohol. Sterols.

A mixture of solid alcohols. Can be prepared from sperm whale oil. In medicines,

creams, rinses, shampoos, etc. Derivatives: Stearamine Oxide, Stearyl Acetate,

Stearyl Caprylate, Stearyl Citrate, Stearyldimethyl Amine, Stearyl

Glycyrrhetinate, Stearyl Heptanoate, Stearyl Octanoate, Stearyl Stearate.

Alternatives: plant sources, vegetable stearic acid.

Stearyl Betaine.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearyl Caprylate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Stearyl Citrate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Stearyldimethyl Amine.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Stearyl Heptanoate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

 

Stearyl Imidazoline.

(See Stearic Acid.)

Stearyl Octanoate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Stearyl Stearate.

(See Stearyl Alcohol.)

Steroids. Sterols.

From various animal glands or from plant tissues. Steroids include sterols.

Sterols are alcohol from animals or plants (e.g., cholesterol). Used in hormone

preparation. In creams, lotions, hair conditioners, fragrances, etc.

Alternatives: plant tissues, synthetics.

Sterols.

(See Stearyl Alcohol and Steroids.)

Suede.

(See Leather.)

Tallow. Tallow Fatty Alcohol. Stearic Acid.

Rendered beef fat. May cause eczema and blackheads. In wax paper, crayons,

margarines, paints, rubber, lubricants, etc. In candles, soaps, lipsticks,

shaving creams, other cosmetics. Chemicals (e.g., PCB) can be in animal tallow.

Derivatives: Sodium Tallowate, Tallow Acid, Tallow Amide, Tallow Amine,

Talloweth-6, Tallow Glycerides, Tallow Imidazoline. Alternatives: vegetable

tallow, Japan tallow, paraffin and/or ceresin (see alternatives to Beeswax for

all three). Paraffin is usually from petroleum, wood, coal, or shale oil.

Tallow Acid.

(See Tallow.)

Tallow Amide.

(See Tallow.)

Tallow Amine.

(See Tallow.)

Talloweth-6.

(See Tallow.)

Tallow Glycerides.

(See Tallow.)

Tallow Imidazoline.

(See Tallow.)

Triterpene Alcohols.

(See Lanolin.)

 

Turtle Oil. Sea Turtle Oil.

From the muscles and genitals of giant sea turtles. In soap, skin creams, nail

creams, other cosmetics. Alternatives: vegetable emollients (see alternatives to

Animal Fats and Oils).

Tyrosine.

Amino acid hydrolyzed from casein. Used in cosmetics and creams. Derivative:

Glucose Tyrosinase.

Urea. Carbamide.

Excreted from urine and other bodily fluids. In deodorants, ammoniated

dentifrices, mouthwashes, hair colorings, hand creams, lotions, shampoos, etc.

Used to " brown " baked goods, such as pretzels. Derivatives: Imidazolidinyl Urea,

Uric Acid. Alternatives: synthetics.

Uric Acid.

(See Urea.)

Vitamin A.

Can come from fish liver oil (e.g., shark liver oil), egg yolk, butter,

lemongrass, wheat germ oil, carotene in carrots, and synthetics. It is an

aliphatic alcohol. In cosmetics, creams, perfumes, hair dyes, etc. In vitamins,

supplements. Alternatives: carrots, other vegetables, synthetics.

Vitamin B-Complex Factor.

(See Panthenol.)

Vitamin B Factor.

(See Biotin.)

Vitamin B-12.

Can come from animal products or bacteria cultures. Twinlab B-12 vitamins

contain gelatin. Alternatives: Vegetarian vitamins, fortified soy milks,

nutritional yeast, fortified meat substitutes. Vitamin B12 is often listed as

" cyanocobalamin " on food labels. Vegan health professionals caution that vegans

get 5-10 mcg/day of vitamin B12 from fortified foods or supplements.

Vitamin D. Ergocalciferol. Vitamin D-2. Ergosterol. Provitamin D-2.

Calciferol. Vitamin D-3.

Vitamin D can come from fish liver oil, milk, egg yolk, etc. Vitamin D-2 can

come from animal fats or plant sterols. Vitamin D-3 is always from an animal

source. All the D vitamins can be in creams, lotions, other cosmetics, vitamin

tablets, etc. Alternatives: plant and mineral sources, synthetics, completely

vegetarian vitamins, exposure of skin to sunshine. Many other vitamins can come

from animal sources. Examples: choline, biotin, inositol, riboflavin, etc.

Vitamin H.

(See Biotin.)

Wax.

Glossy, hard substance that is soft when hot. From animals and plants. In

lipsticks, depilatories, hair straighteners. Alternatives: vegetable waxes.

Whey.

A serum from milk. Usually in cakes, cookies, candies, and breads. In

cheese-making. Alternatives: soybean whey.

Wool.

From sheep. Used in clothing. Ram lambs and old " wool " sheep are slaughtered for

their meat. Sheep are transported without food or water, in extreme heat and

cold. Legs are broken, eyes injured, etc. Sheep are bred to be unnaturally

woolly, also unnaturally wrinkly, which causes them to get insect infestations

around the tail areas. The farmer's solution to this is the painful cutting away

of the flesh around the tail (called ?mulesing?). " Inferior " sheep are killed.

When shearing the sheep, they are pinned down violently and sheared roughly.

Their skin is cut up. Every year, hundreds of thousands of shorn sheep die from

exposure to cold. Natural predators of sheep (wolves, coyotes, eagles, etc.) are

poisoned, trapped, and shot. In the U.S., overgrazing of cattle and sheep is

turning more than 150 million acres of land to desert. " Natural " wool production

uses enormous amounts of resources and energy (to breed, raise, feed, shear,

transport, slaughter, etc., the sheep).

Derivatives: Lanolin, Wool Wax, Wool Fat. Alternatives: cotton, cotton flannel,

synthetic fibers, ramie, etc.

Wool Fat.

(See Lanolin.)

Wool Wax.

(See Lanolin.)

 

 

Demer40 wrote: This was in a posting today...

 

" You will be shocked when you start reading food labels with a vegetarian's

eyes and discover so many foods that appear to be veggie safe have beef fat or

other animal products hiding wthin them. "

 

I am wondering, is there a list of food ingredients that one can look over

to see what the hidden animal items are called? I can only guess that they use

words for some things that make it look/seem not animal related? I know they

do that for other types of ingredients.

OR will it be so In-Your-Face obvious as to what the animal ingredients are?

Thanks much for any help in this area.

~Dee

A UK Yankee

 

 

[Guest guest]

I want to thank everyone who sent in a site or other information to my

question on animal products in foods. I have a lot to learn and now I need to go

and have a good long read of things

Thanks so much again! And always!

~Dee