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This list is handy to keep with you when you’re going grocery shopping.

Animal ingredients are often called by their obscure technical names. So here is a list helpful list to fold up and
keep in your wallet or purse. *Note: some of the ingredients listed below may no longer be animal based due to the advancements in synthetics and their costs compared to traditional
animal counterparts. *Ingredients listed in an asterisk are ones that sometimes come from plants or have synthetic alternatives.

Ingredients:
ACETATE (see Palmitic acid) BEESWAX/HONEYCOMB CEREBROSIDES (acid that covers the nerves)
ACETYLATED HYDROGENATED LARD *BENZOIC ACID (compound produced in animals) CETETH-2 - POLTETHYLENE (2) CETYL
GLYCERIDE (see Glycerin) BENZYLTRIMONIUM HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
ETHER (see Cetyl)
CETETH-2, -4, -6, -10, -30 (see Cetyl)
ACETYLATED LANOLIN (see Lanolin) *BETA CAROTENE (compound produced in animals)
CETYL ALCOHOL (wax taken from whales)
ACETYLATED LANOLIN ALCOHOL (see Lanolin) BILE (produced in the liver of most invertebrates)
CETYL LACTATE (see Lanolin)
ACETYLATED LANOLIN RICINOLEATE (see Lanolin) BIOTIN (vitamin taking from eggs, liver, milk, etc)
CETYL MYRISTATE/ CETETH (see Cetyl Alcohol)
ACETYLATED TALLOW (see Tallow) BLOOD
CETYL PALMITATE (taking from whales)
ADRENALINE (animal hormone) BONE ASH
CHAMOIS (taken from goats)
AFTERBIRTH BONE EARTH
*CHITIN (see Glucose)
ALANINE (amino acid) BOAR BRISTLES
CHITOSAN (fiber derived from crustacean shells)
*ALBUMEN. ALBUMIN (egg whites) BONE CHAR
CHONDROITIN (made from animal cartilage)
*ALCLOXA (uric acid from cows) BONE MEAL
CHOLESTERIN (fat taken from wool)
*ALDIOXA (uric acid from cows) BONITO (dries fish flakes)
CHOLESTEROL (steroid taken from animals)
ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL (oil from sheep glands) BRAWN (head Cheese)
CHOLINE BITARTRATE (compound in eggs)
ALLANTOIN (uric acid from cows) BRAIN EXTRACT
CIVET (secretion from civet cats)
ALLIGATOR SKIN BUTTERMILK
COCHINEAL (crushed insects)
ALPHA-HYDROXY ACIDS (compound in muscles) C30-46 PISCINE OIL (marine oil derived from fish)
COD LIVER OIL
AMERACHOL (see Lanolin) CALCIFEROL (vitamin taking from milk, eggs, etc)
COLETH-24 (see Cholesterol)
AMBERGRIS (material produced in whale intestines) CALCIUM CARBONATE (Sometimes derived from bones/teeth)
COLLAGEN (protein taken from animals)
*AMINO ACIDS (compound produced in animals) CALCIUM HYDROXIDE (see Calcium Carbonate)
*COLORS (animal pigments)
*AMINOSUCCINATE ACID (an amino acid) CALCIUM OXIDE (see Calcium Carbonate)
CORAL (marine organisms)
*AMMONIUM HYDROLYZED PROTEIN (Animal Protein) CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (see Calcium Carbonate)
CORTICOSTEROID (animal hormone)
AMNIOTIC FLUID (Afterbirth) CALFSKIN
CORTISONE (animal hormone)
AMPD ISOTERIC HYDROLYZED ANIMAL CANTHARIDIN (Beetle secretions)
CYSTEINE L-FORM (an amino acid)
PROTEIN *CAPRYLAMINE OXIDE (acid from milk)
AMYLASE (Hog Pancreas Enzyme) CYSTINE (an amino acid)
*CAPRYL BETAINE (acid from milk)
ANCHOVY (Small Fish) DEA-OLETH-10 PHOSPHATE
*CAPRYLIC ACID (acid from milk
ANGORA (animal hair) DESAMIDO ANIMAL COLLAGEN
CAPRYLIC TRIGLYCERIDE (acid from milk)
ANIMAL COLLAGEN AMINO ACIDS DESAMIDOCOLLAGEN (see Collagen)
CARBAMIDE (compound produced in animals)
ANIMAL FATS/OILS/BONES/HAIR *DEXPANTHENOL (vitamin from animals)
CARMINE (crushed insects)
ANIMAL PROTEIN DERIVATIVE DICAPRYLOYL CYSTINE (see Caprylic acid)
CARMINIC ACID (crushed insects)
ANIMAL TISSUE EXTRACT DIETHYLENE TRICASEINAMIDE (made from milk)
CAROTENE (see Beta Carotene)
ARACHIDONIC ACID (acid found in liver, brains, etc) DIGLYCERIDES (from animal fat)
CASEIN (milk protein)
ARACHIDYL PROPRIONATE (wax from animal fat) DIHYDROCHOLESTEROL (see Cholesterol)
CASEINATE (milk protein)
*ASPARTIC ACID (an amino acid) DIHYDROCHOLESTEROL
CASHMERE (wool) OCTYLEDECANOATE (see Cholesterol)
*ASPIC (often made from clarified meat)
CASTOR (substance taking from beaver genitals)
ASTRAKHAN (Wool) DIHYDROCHOLETH-15 AND 30 (see Cholesterol)
CASTOREUM (see castor)
BATYL ALCOHOL (see shark liver oil) DIHYDROGENATED TALLOW
CATGUT BENZYLMONIUMCHLORIDE (see Tallow)
BATYL ISOSTEARATE (see Glycerin)
CAVIAR (sturgeon eggs)
BEE POLLEN DIHYDROGENATED TALLOW (see Tallow)
CERA FLAVA (beeswax) METHYLAMINE
BEE PRODUCTS
DIHYDROGENATED TALLOW GLUCURONIC ACID (from animal livers) ISOPROPYL TALLOWATELSOPROPYL
PHTHALATE (see Tallow) LANOLATE (see Tallow)
*GLUTAMIC ACID (an amino acid)
DIHYDROXYETHYL TALLOW
AMINE OXIDE (see Tallow) GLYCERIDES (an animal fat) ISOSTEARIC HYDROLYZED ANIMAL
DIMETHYL HYDROGENATED PROTEIN
GLYCERIN (an animal fat)
TALLOWAMINE (see Tallow)
DIMETHYL STEARAMINE (fat from cows and sheep) GLYCERINE (see Glycerin) ISOSTEAROYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN

DIMETHYL TALLOWAMINE (see Tallow) GLYCEROL (an animal fat) KERATIN (protein taken from animals)
DISODIUM HYDROGENATED GLYCERYL LANOLATE (see Lanolin) LACTIC ACID (acid found in blood and muscles)
TALLOWGLUTAMATE (see Tallow) LACTIC YEASTS (from milk)
GLYCERYLS (an animal fat)
DISODIUM TALLAMIDO
MEA-SULFOSUCCINATE (see Tallow) *GLYCOGEN (from animal livers) LACTOSE (mammal milk)
DISODIUM TALLOW LANETH (fat or oil taken from wool)
GLYCRETH-26 (an animal fat)
AMINODIPROPIONATE (see Tallow)
DITALLOWDIMONIUM CHLORIDE (see Tallow) GUANINE. PEARL ESSENCE (from fish scales) LANOGENE (fat or oil taken from wool)
DOWN (bird feathers) HEPTYLUNDECANOL (from glands of the queen bee) LANOLIN. LANOLIN ACIDS(fat/oil taken from wool)
DUODENUM SUBSTANCES (taken from cows) HIDE GLUE LANOLIN ALCOHOL (fat or oil taken from wool)
*DYES (animal pigmentation) HONEY LANOLIN LINOLEATE (see Lanolin)
E120 (see Carmine) HORSEHAIR LANOLIN OIL (see Lanolin)
E542 (bone phosphate) HYALURONIC ACID (protein taken from animals) LANOLIN RICINOLEATE (see Lanolin)
EDIBLE BONE PHOSPHATE HYDROCORTISONE (hormone taken from animals) LANOLIN WAX (see Lanolin)
EGG PROTEIN HYDROGENATED DITALLOW AMINE (see Tallow) LANOINAMIDE DEA (see Lanolin)
EIDERDOWN (duck feathers) HYDROGENATED HONEY LANOSTEROLS (fat or oil taken from wool)
ELASTIN (animal protein) HYDROGENATED LANETH-5, -20, -25 (see Lanolin) LARD (fat from hog abdomens)
EMBRYO EXTRACT HYDROGENATED LANOLIN (see Lanolin) LAUROYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
EMU OIL HYDROGENATED LANOLIN ALCOHOL (see Lanolin) L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE (from duck
ERGOSTEROL (see Vitamin D) HYDROGENATED LARD GLYCERIDE (see Lard) feathers)
*ERGOCALCIFEROL (vitamin from animals) HYDROGENATED SHARK-LIVER OIL LEATHER (the skin of a cow)
*ESTRADIOL (vitamin taken from animals) HYDROGENATED TALLOW ACID (see Tallow) LECITHIN (compound taken from nerve tissue)
ESTROGEN (animal hormone) HYDROGENATED TALLOW BETAINE (see Tallow) *LEUCINE (an amino acid)
ESTRONE (see Estradiol) HYDROGENATED TALLOW GLYCERIDE (see Tallow) *LINOLEIC ACID (found in meat and dairy)
ETHYL ARACHIDONATE (see Ethyl Alcohol) HYDROLYZED ANIMAL ELASTIN LIPASE (enzyme taking from calves and lambs)
ETHYL ESTER OF HYDROLYZED ANIMAL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL KERATIN *LIPIDS (fat from animals)
PROTEIN *LIPOIDS (fat from animals)
HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
ETHYL MORRHUATE – LIPINEATE (from cod liver oil)
HYDROLYZED CASEIN (see Casein) LIVER EXTRACT
ETHYLENE DEHYDROGENATED TALLOWAMIDE (see Tallow)
HYDROLYZED ELASTIN (see Elastin) *LYSINE (an amino acid)
*FATS (usually come from animals
HYDROLYZED KERATIN (see Keratin) MAGNESIUM LANOLATE (see Lanolin)
FATTY ACIDS (acids taken from animals)
HYDROLYZED MILK PROTEIN MAGNESIUM TALLOWATE (see Tallow)
*FD&C COLORS (animal pigments)
HYDROLYZED SILK MAMMARIAN EXTRACT (milk, or from milk)
FEATHERS
HYDROXYLATED LANOLIN (see Lanolin) MARINE OIL (oil from fish and marine mammals)
FISH LIVER OIL
IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA (an animal byproduct) MAYONNAISE (usually contains eggs)
FISH OIL
INSULIN (taken from a hog pancreas) MEA-HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
FISH SCALES
ISINGLASS (protein taken from animals) MENHADEN OIL-POGY OIL (fish oils)
FLETAN OIL (from fish liver)
ISOBUTYLATED LANOLIN (see Lanolin) METHIONINE (an amino acid)
FUR
ISOBUTYLATED LANOLATE (see Lanolin) MILK PROTEIN
GEL (protein taken from animals)
GELATIN (protein taken from animals) ISOPROPYL LANOLATE (fat or oil taken from wool) MINK OIL (oil from minks)
GLUCOSAMINE (from crustacean shells)
*ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE (acid taking from animals) MINKAMIDOPROPYL DIETHYLAMINE (mink oil)
GLUCOSE TYROSINASE (an amino acid)
ISOPROPYL PALMITATE (animal fat) MOHAIR
MONOGLYCERIDES (FAT FROM ANIMALS) PEG-13 HYDROGENATED TALLOW AMIDE ROYAL JELLY (produced by the queen bee)
*MONOSODIUM GLUTTAMATE - MSG (an amino acid) PEG-5 TO -20 LANOLATE (see Lanolin) SABLE BRUSHES (horse hair)
MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES (from animal tissue) PEG-5 THROUGH -100 LANOLIN (see Lanolin) *SACCHARIDE HYDROLYSATE (see Glucose)
MUSCLE EXTRACT PEG-75 LANOLIN OIL AND WAX (see Lanolin) SACCHARIDE ISOMERATE (from animal tissue)
MUSK AMBRETTE PEG-2 MILK SOLIDS SEA SPONGE
MUSK OIL (secretion of musk deer, beaver, etc) PEG-6, -8, -20 SORBITAN BEESWAX SEA TURTLE OIL
*MYRISTAL ETHER SULFATE (animal acid) PEG-40, -75, OR -80 SORBITAN LANOLATE (see Lanolin) SERUM ALBUMIN (animal protein)
*MYRISTIC ACID (acid taken from animals) PEG-3, -10, OR -15 TALLOW AMINOPROPYLAMINE (see Tallow) SERUM PROTEINS (animal protein)
MYRISTOYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN PEG-15 TALLOW POLYAMINE (see Tallow) SHARK LIVER OIL
MYRISTYLS (acid taken from animals) PEG-20 TALLOWATE (see Tallow) SHEEPSKIN
*“NATURAL FLAVOR” (see Natural Sources) PEPSIN (taken from hogs stomachs) SHELLAC (excretions of insects)
*“NATURAL SOURCES” (can mean from animals) PENTAHYDROSQUALENE (see shark liver oil) SILK. SILK POWDER (produced by worms)
*NUCLEIC ACIDS (taken from living cells) PLACENTA (fetus waste matter) SNAILS
OCENOL (From fish oils) PLACENTA POLYPEPTIDES PROTEIN (see Placenta) SODIUM CASEINATE (comes from milk)
*OCTYL DODECANOL (from sperm whales) PLACENTAL EXTRACT (see Placenta) SODIUM CHONDROITIN SULFATE (fish cartilage protein)
*OLEAN, *OLESTRA (an animal fat) PLACENTAL PROTEIN (see Placenta) SODIUM COCO-HYDROLYZED ANIMAL
PROTEIN
OLEAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHYLAMINE POLYGLYCEROL (an animal fat)
SODIUM HYDROGENATED TALLOW
HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
POLYGLYCERYL-2 LANOLIN ALCOHOL GLUTAMATE (see Tallow)
*OLEIC ACID (from animal oils)
ETHER (see Lanolin) *SODIUM 5 – INOSINATE (an amino acid)
*OLEIC OIL (see Oleic acid) *POLYPEPTIDES (an amino acid)
SODIUM LANETH SULFATE (see Lanolin)
*OILS (can be from animals) POLYPEPTIDES PROTEIN (an amino acid) SODIUM METHYL OLEOYL TAURATE
OLEOSTEARINE (rendered animal fat) POLYSACCHARIDES (from animal tissue) SODIUM N-METHYL-N-OLEYL
OLEOYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN POLYSORBATES (oils taken from animals) TAURTATE (FROM FISH OIL)
SODIUM SOYA HYDROLYZED ANIMAL
OLETH-2, -3-20, 25, 50 ETC./ OLEYL ALCOHOL/ OLEAMINE/ OLEYL POLYTETYLENE GLYCEROL/GLYCOL/PEG (see Glycerin) PROTEIN
BETAINE (see Oleic acid)
POTASSIUM CASEINATE (milk protein) SODIUM STEROYL LACTYLATE (acid from blood)
OLETHS (from fish oil)
POTASSIUM TALLOWATE (see Tallow) SODIUM TALLOWATE (rendered beef fat)
OLEYL ALCOHOL (from fish oil)
POTASSIUM UNDECYLENOYL HYDROLYZED SODIUM TALLOW SULFATE (see Tallow)
OLEYL ARACHIDATE (from fish oil)
ANIMAL PROTEIN SODIUM / TEA-LAUROYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL
OLEYL IMIDAZOLINE (from fish oil) PPG-12-PEG-50 LANOLIN (see Lanolin) PROTEIN
OLEYL LANOLATE (see Lanolin) PPG-2, -5, -10. -20, -30 LANOLIN ALCOHOL SODIUM / TEA-UNDECYLENOYL HYDROLYZED
ETHERS (see Lanolin) ANIMAL PROTEIN
*OLEYL MYRISTATE (acid taken from animals)
PPG-30 LANOLIN ETHER (see Lanolin)
OLEYL OLEATE (oils taken from animals) SPLEEN EXTRACT (from an animal spleen)
PREGNENOLONE ACETATE (See Acetate)
OLEYL STEARATE (oils from animals) SPERMACETI. SPERM OIL (taken from whales)
PRISTANE (from shark liver oil)
OVARIAN EXTRACT (extract from ovaries) SPONGE {LUNA AND SEA} (plant-like animal)
PROGESTERONE (an animal hormone)
OX BILE SQUALANE (shark liver oil)
PROPOLIS (material gathered by bees)
OX GALL SQUALENE (shark liver oil)
*PROVITAMIN A (sometimes taken from animals)
*PALMITAMIDE (fats from animals) *STEARAMIDE (fat from animals)
*PROVITAMIN B-5 (compound taken from animals)
*PALMITAMINE (fats from animals) *STEARAMINE (fat from animals)
*PROVITAMIN D-2 (may be taken from animal fats)
*PALMITATE (fats from animals) *STEARAMINE OXIDE (from sperm whale oil)
PURCELLINE OIL SYN (oil from the preen glands OF WATERFOWL)
*PALMITIC ACID (fats from animals) *STEARATES (fat from animals)
QUATERNIUM 27 (see Tallow)
PALMITOYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN *STEARIC ACID (fat from animals)
RENNET (enzyme formed in a calves stomach)
PALMITOYL HYDROLYZED MILK PROTEIN *STEARIC HYDRAZIDE (fat from animals)
RENNIN (enzyme formed in a calves stomach)
*PANTHENOL (compound taken from animals) *STEARONE (fat from animals)
RESINOUS GLAZE (excretion of insects)
*PANTHENYL (compound taken from animals) *STEAROXYTRIMETHYLSILANE (animal fat)
RETINOL (See Acetate)
PEG-28 GLYCERYL TALLOWATE (see Tallow) *STEAROYL LACTYLIC ACID (fat from animals)
*RIBONUCLEIC ACID (taken from living cells)
PEG-8 HYDROGENATED FISH GLYCERIDES *STEARYL ACETATE (from sperm whale oil)
*RNA (taken from living cells)
PEG-5 THROUGH -70 HYDROGENATED LANOLIN
(SEE LANOLIN)
*STEARYL ALCOHOL (from sperm whale oil) *THREONINE (an amino acid)
*STEARYL BETAINE (fat from animals) TRIETHONIUM HYDROLYZED ANIMAL
PROTEIN ETHOSULFATE
*STEARYL CAPRYLATE (from sperm whale oil)
*STEARYL CITRATE (from sperm whale oil) TRILANETH-4 PHOSPHATE (see Lanolin)
*STEARYL DIMETHYL AMINE (sperm whale oil) TRITERPENE ALCOHOLS (oil taken from sheep)
*STEARYL GLYCYRRHETINATE (sperm whale oil) TURTLE OIL
*STEARYL HEPTANOATE (from sperm whale oil) TYROSINE (an amino acid)
*STEARYL IMIDAZOLINE (fat from animals) UREA (substance taken from animals)
*STEARYL OCTANOATE (from sperm whale oil) URIC ACID (substance taking from animals)
*STEARYL STEARATE (from sperm whale oil) VELLUM (mammal skin)
STENOL (see Sterols) *VITAMIN A (can come from fish liver oil)
STEROIDS (animal hormone) *VITAMIN B-COMPLEX FACTOR (animal based)
STEROLS (animal hormone) *VITAMIN B FACTOR (can come from milk)
SUEDE (cow skin) *VITAMIN B-12 (usually an animal source)
(RAW BEEF OR MUTTON FAT) *VITAMIN D (can come from milk, fish oil, etc)
TALLOW (rendered beef fat) *VITAMIN H (can come from animal)
TALLOW ACID (rendered beef fat) WAX (made from beeswax)
TALLOW AMIDE (rendered beef fat) WHEY (a serum from milk)
TALLOW AMIDOPROPYLAMINE OXIDE WOOL (sheep fur)
TALLOW AMINE OXIDE (see Tallow) WOOL FAT (oil or fat from sheep)
TALLOW FATTY ALCOHOL (rendered beef fat) WOOL WAX (oil or fat from sheep)
TALLOW GLYCERIDES (rendered beef fat) YOGURT
TALLOW HYDROXYETHAL IMIDAZOLINE (see Tallow) ZINC HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
TALLOW IMIDAZOLINE (rendered beef fat)
TALLOWATE (see Tallow)
TALLOWMIDE DEA AND MEA (see Tallow)
TALLOWMIDOPROPYL HYDROXYSULTAINE

TALLOWMINOPROPYLAMINE (see Tallow)


TALLOWMPHOACETE (see Tallow)
TALLOW TRIMONIUM CHLORIDE (see Tallow)
TAURINE (made in the lower intestine of animals)
TEA-ABIETOYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
TEA-COCO HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
TEA-LAUROYL ANIMAL COLLAGEN AMINO ACIDS
TEA-LAUROYL ANIMAL KERATIN AMINO ACIDS
TEA-MYRISTOL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL PROTEIN
TEA-UNDECYLENOYL HYDROLYZED ANIMAL
PROTEIN
TESTICULAR EXTRACT
TESTOSTERONE (animal hormone)

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