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"You are amazing, this has saved me so much time when grocery shopping!"
— Austin, a user who reached out with feedback
"It's been a great tool since starting my journey! You take a pic of the nutrition/ingredients, and it'll warn you of anything questionable or not vegan. 😁"
— Ashe, a Vegan For Beginners Facebook Group member
"Use a vegan app when you go shopping, I use WhatsVegan."
— Dóra, a Vegan For Beginners Facebook Group member
So, what is dibutyl adipate?
Dibutyl adipate is a synthetic diester of butyl alcohol and adipic acid that serves as a solvent, emollient, and plasticizer. While it appears most frequently in personal care items and sunscreens, it can also be listed on food-related labels as an indirect food additive used in food-contact packaging, films, and coatings.
This ingredient is produced chemically through the esterification reaction between adipic acid and n-butanol. The starting materials are synthesized from petrochemical feedstocks or, occasionally, renewable plant-based biomass through industrial chemical processes. Animal tissues, fats, and animal-derived processing aids are not used to manufacture either precursor or the final compound.
Because dibutyl adipate is made entirely through synthetic chemical synthesis without the use of animal sources, it meets the criteria for a vegan ingredient.
We've built a vegan ingredients scanner that classifies food ingredients as "vegan", "non-vegan", or "potentially vegan".
It allows you to avoid non-vegan ingredients - just take a picture of a product's ingredient list, and the app tells you if the product is vegan or not.
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