[Misc] CeraVe is officially going vegan!

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Good afternoon todos,​So I was scrolling down the FAQ section on the CeraVe UK website and read the following:Are CeraVe products Vegan?"Yes, the UK CeraVe range is Vegan. Our products contain no animal derived products."​This left me puzzled because last time I wrote to CeraVe's US customer service and asked about whether or not their products contained animal-derived ingredients, they replied:"L’Oréal does not use any ingredient from rare or endangered animal species, nor any ingredient of porcine, bovine or ovine origin; except lanolin (which is taken from live sheep). We use derivatives of raw materials of animal origin in restricted quantities, such as honey, beeswax, lanolin, as well as fish derivatives and poultry egg derivatives. [...] The cholesterol is from sheep's wool."​Confused by the discrepancy, I wrote back to them today:"Hello, it is written on your UK website: "Yes, the UK CeraVe range is Vegan. Our products contain no animal derived products." Yet, most of your products contain cholesterol, which one of your customer service agents told me comes from sheep's wool. Thus, your products DO contain animal derived ingredients. Why does it say vegan if the cholesterol you use comes from animal sources? Is the Canadian formula different from the UK formula? Does the UK formula use cholesterol from vegetal sources and not the Canadian formula?"​They replied:"The formulations in the UK are different from those in North America and they all contain a newer cholesterol ingredient that is vegetal derived. Some products in Canada have the new vegetal derived cholesterol but older product formulations use an animal derived cholesterol. This particular cholesterol is derived from the grease from sheep’s wool clippings. We are currently working on updating the North American formulations for older products to contain the newer vegetal based cholesterol as well."​I replied:"Wow okay, I did not know that. Does that mean that we should expect all CeraVe products sold in Canada to be entirely vegan sometime in the near future? Is that the goal?"​They replied:The process can take a while, but yes, one day all products should use that new ingredient. [...] We do not have dates for that yet.​This is good news and definitely clears up all the confusion about the contradicting answers CeraVe's customer service has provided over time in regard to the animal-derived ingredients in their products.​Thought I would share with y'all!​TL;DR: CeraVe's going vegan, but we do not know when exactly yet.
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