Is Zinc s-Alloferon-1 vegan?

Zinc s-Alloferon-1 is the zinc salt of a synthetically produced peptide identical to Alloferon-1, a peptide originally identified in the blue blowfly, Calliphora vicina. Although manufactured synthetically, it is classified as derived from an insect-identified sequence and is typically treated as not vegan/vegetarian due to its animal-derived origin designation.

An ingredient is considered vegan if it contains no animal-derived components at any point in its production.

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