Palm Oil: Vegan by Source, Not by Every Standard

Palm oil is pressed from the fruit of the oil palm, so by source it is plant-derived and compatible with vegan and vegetarian claims. It is gluten-free, and the oil palm is not a genetically modified crop. The debate around palm oil is environmental — habitat and deforestation — which is a sourcing question a vegan mark does not resolve; a review confirms the ingredient itself carries no animal material.