Criteria for Determining Cruelty-Free Status



Disclaimer: I look at three (3) factors to determine if a company is cruelty-free.
1. I look at their parent company. I do not believe in supporting a brand which is under a big company that does not also have a 100% cruelty-free status. I believe this because in those situations you often don't know where your money is going. Often, it might be funding animal testing.

2. I look at the suppliers of the company's raw ingredients. Companies I consider to be 100% cruelty-free will have verified that they make sure the manufcatures of the raw ingredients comply. They are often also accredited by an animal rights organization such asPETA or LeapingBunny. This gives me more reassurance that the suppliers are also cruelty-free.

3. I look to see if the products are sold in China. I do this because for cosmetic products to be sold in the Chinese market cosmetic companies must test their products on animals. Meaning, that if a company sells it's products in that market it cannot be cruelty-free. [Disclaimer: Although I ask about vegan products, I do not use that criteria exclusively to determine whether a company is cruelty-free. I just do it for the convenience of my vegan friends. :) ] 
 
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Note: It's almost impossible to determine if a company is truly 100% cruelty-free. The only way I could think of doing so is going under cover, which I would truly do in the blink of an eye, so just keep that in mind. Also information about companies can change and so my criteria might evolve in the future. I try to do the best that I can. 

4 comments:

  1. Where is the criteria that all the products use vegan ingredients? Animal testing is only half of the cause. Please show products that are not tested on animals as well as 100% vegan ingredients. Nothing is cruelty free is there are animal by-products.

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    1. Hello Cassandra,

      I do ask companies whether their products are vegan and they will usually tell me where I can find a list of the products that are vegan. Sometimes they will evade the question. I don't make vegan ingredients part of my criteria because (1) I am not a vegan (2) I believe in using natural ingredients which includes honey, milk, etc. which are animal derived. I would be a hypocrite if I made being vegan part of my criteria. However, there are blogs that only post about vegan companies such as : veggiebeauty.com . I'm sorry for this very! late reply! I don't get comment alerts like I used to .

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    2. If you really want to try your best to make sure that the ingredients are 100% cruelty-free, do you also check where these "natural ingredients" you mentioned come from? Do you check if the milk they used comes from a farm that treat animals humanely? (Example for milk: not separating a baby cow from his/her mother, not "raping" the mother cow continuously, not making the male cow as veal, and kill the mother cow humanely.) I think making sure a product is 100% animal cruelty-free (by those 3 criterias above) while still using animal-derived ingredients is a little bit hard to be understood... IMHO.

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    3. Hi Kevin,
      I try my very best to gather as much information about companies I can. I will be updating the information I used to contact them. However, just because I feel its okay about purchasing from a certain company it means its the "right" decision for you.

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