Is Caldrea Cruelty-Free?

🐰 Caldrea is a *cruelty-free brand. None of Caldrea’s ingredients or products are tested on animals. Caldrea has met all the criteria in our Cruelty-Free Checklist and is included in our Cruelty-Free Directory.

Does Caldrea Test on Animals?

When asking, does Caldrea test on animals? We must look beyond to ensure none of Caldrea’s ingredients or suppliers test on animals. And they don’t sell in any country or under conditions that may require animal testing by law.

In our research, we discovered the following:

• ✓ Caldrea confirmed they do not test their products or ingredients on animals or ask others to test on their behalf.
• ✓ Caldrea confirmed all their ingredient suppliers do not test on animals
• ✓ Caldrea confirmed they do not allow or sell their products under conditions where animal testing is required by law

By meeting all of our Cruelty-Free Criteria, Caldrea is a *cruelty-free brand by our standards.

*Caldrea is owned by SC Johnson, a corporation that is NOT cruelty-free because they allow some of their other brands to test on animals.

The decision is yours whether you want to support or boycott cruelty-free brands owned by a parent company that is not cruelty-free. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer to this. Do what you’re comfortable with. I just thought it was important to disclose that SC Johnson owns Caldrea.

What is Caldrea’s Animal Testing Policy?

Below is a couple of screenshots of what’s currently stated on Caldrea’s website about its animal testing policy:

Is Caldrea Certified Cruelty-Free?

Caldrea is certified cruelty-free by Leaping Bunny and PETA.

Cruelty-Free Policies 2023

Just because a brand claims it is ‘Cruelty-Free,’ doesn’t always mean that’s the case.

That’s because there is no legal definition for the label ‘Cruelty-Free.’ It can mean different things to different people. But Cruelty-Free is generally used to imply no animal testing. More specifically, the ingredients, formulation, or finished product are not tested on animals at any stage of product development.

At ethical elephant, we always assess a company’s cruelty-free policy using our Cruelty-Free Checklist. This ensures no animal testing was performed by the brand itself, its suppliers, or any third parties.

How We Assess Cruelty-Free Policies

Since starting my blog in 2015, I’ve been emailing companies asking about their animal testing policies and cruelty-free commitments.

And based on the responses I receive from companies, I’ll research to find any supporting facts needed before concluding whether the brand should be classified as “Cruelty-Free,” “Animal-Tested,” or “Grey Area – Unclear Policies.”

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What about Vegan?

Just because something is called Cruelty-Free, doesn’t always mean it’s Vegan. And vice versa.

Cruelty-Free only refers to no animal testing, while Vegan means formulated without animal products.

Some brands are Cruelty-Free, but not Vegan.

And some are Vegan, but not Cruelty-Free.

Another important distinction to know is, Vegan in cosmetics can refer to an entire brand is 100% Vegan, or a specific product is Vegan.

Is Caldrea Vegan?

⭐️ Caldrea is a 100% vegan brand. All their products are vegan, and are formulated without any animal-derived ingredients or by-products.

The following is a snippet of the email response I received from Caldrea when I asked if all of their products are vegan:

“None of our current products contain any animal ingredients.”

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Vegan Policies

Similar to ‘Cruelty-Free,’ there is no standard or legal definition for the label ‘Vegan.’ But Vegan is generally used to mean formulated without animal-derived ingredients or animal by-products.

Some household cleaning products contain animal-based surfactants and solvents.

Unless it’s clearly stated the surfactants and solvents are plant-based or plant-derived, it’s sometimes difficult to know with certainty whether a product is vegan just by reading the ingredient list.

So it’s best to ask the company and manufacturers to ensure the ingredients they chose were from non-animal sources.

Where are Caldrea’s products made?

I asked Caldrea where their products are manufactured and they told me:

“Our Caldrea® products are manufactured in the USA.”

I hope this article helped you to understand Caldrea’s cruelty-free and vegan status and by choosing cruelty-free together, we can help end animal testing for cosmetics once and for all!

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