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Can you buy vegetarian (or vegan) crayons?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33550points) August 2nd, 2015

I was reading that many crayons are made with some portion of stearic acid, which is derived from plants and animals.

Are there vegetarian crayons on the market?

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jca's avatar

I just googled it and there are all kinds from a ton of sites.

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Darth_Algar's avatar

Not sure if there’s any way to tell if the stearic acid used in a particular product is derived from plant or animal sources, but if you’re trying to avoid it just to be safe you’re going to have a hard go of it. Stearic acid is used in damn near everything from crayons to candy, to car batteries, to fireworks, to lubricants, to plastics manufacturing.

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Battousai87's avatar

I think you’re probably overthinking your color by numbers. If you feel that strongly about it though maybe consider switching to colored pencils?

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