5 Things You Own That Contain Animal Byproducts

4.  Perfume

vanilla perfume

Some of the scents your collection, especially the ones which yield a vanilla smell contains an ingredient called, castoreum. Castoreum comes from a beaver’s castor sacs, located between the base of the tail and the animal’s pelvis. The animal byproduct, castoreum, is also known to be in frozen dairy, gelatins, puddings and non-alcoholic beverages.