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FRWhat is vegan vitamin D3 made up of?
Most Vegan Vitamin D3 products are made from a varying mixture of algae and lichen fungus species and are also known as lichen vitamin D3.
Jiangxi Chundi Biotech is dedicated in using phytosterols which extracted from pine trees, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, as starting material to develop Vegan Vitamin D3. No animals are involved in the process. It still produces the most body-ready form of vitamin D3, cholecalciferol, but it's also non-GMO (genetically modified), sustainably produced, and is registered with the Vegan Society and Vegetarian Society.
What is in "regular" vitamin D3?
Most non-vegan vitamin D3 is made by copying the way we humans produce vitamin D3 in response to sunlight. To accomplish this, the most common source used is lanolin which is a type of grease that coats sheep’s wool. Lanolin is also known as wool yolk, made by wool-bearing animals, mainly sheep.
To make vitamin D3, the first step is to isolate a compound called 7-dehydrocholesterol from inside the oil of the lanolin. 7-dehydrocholesterol is a molecule that is found in our skin and upon exposure to UV light, which we get from the sun, it is biochemically converted into cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Next, 7-dehydrocholesterol is exposed to UV light and it converts into cholecalciferol, which is no different than the conversion that occurs naturally in response to sunlight in humans.
Many vegans do not support the use of lanolin because the process of raising sheep and shaving sheep is harmful to the animals, and vegetarians are advised to choose plant-based foods or vitamin D supplements.
Is vegan vitamin D3 just as effective as non-vegan D3?
Non-vegan and vegan vitamin D3 are equally effective. This is because they are both cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) to the exact molecular structure (otherwise it wouldn't be vitamin D3).