Odacité

Last Updated: January 14, 2022

How Ethical Is Odacité?

Make a positive impact by supporting companies with the same values and ethics as what matters most to you. To navigate and find ethical brands, here's a summary of Odacité's ethics and initiatives.

Ethical Analysis

Is Odacité cruelty-free, vegan, or sustainable? We’ve got the answers here! Read below for more details on Odacité’s policies.
Odacité is cruelty-free. None of Odacité’s ingredients, formulations, or finished products are tested on animals, anywhere in the world.
Not all of Odacité’s products are vegan but they have some vegan options.
Odacité’s ingredients are sourced wildcrafted, organic, non-GMO, and claim they’re always grown without environmental-damaging chemicals, pesticides, or fertilizers. Odacité also claims their products are made in small batches thereby saving thousands of gallons of water everyday and they’re also handmade, saving fossil fuel and energy.

In addition, almost all of Odacité’s products come in recyclable glass packaging and are shipped using recycled and recyclable materials.

Also, Odacité has pledged to plant 21,000 trees in 2021. To improve their carbon footprint, they’re moving towards more renewable energy sources and searching for biodegradable material that can replace plastic.
Odacité claims 95% of their packaging is made of recyclable glass and they’re searching for an alternative to their plastic pumps. Odacité’s boxes are made of recycled paper and they use only biodegradable, FSC certified ink. All their shipping materials are made from recycled paper and are recyclable.

Odacité also launched a solid shampoo bar and claim by doing so, they’ve eliminated 48,789 plastic bottle waste from the planet in less than one year.

About Odacité

Odacité makes fresh, clean, natural skincare that produces visible results without synthetic chemicals.
COMPANY BASED IN: USA
PRODUCTS MADE IN: USA
PRODUCTS: Skincare, Bath & Body Care, Hair Care
CERTIFICATIONS: PETA-Certified

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Odacité is Cruelty-Free

Odacité has confirmed they do not test their products or ingredients on animals or ask others to test on their behalf. Their suppliers also do not test on animals, nor do they allow their products to be tested on animals when required by law. And finally, their products are not sold in stores in mainland China or any other country that may require animal testing.

By our standards, we would consider Odacité to be Cruelty-Free.

What About China’s Animal Testing Laws?

As of May 1, 2021, some imported ordinary cosmetics can be exempt from animal testing under certain conditions. However, for the most part, animal testing is still legally required for most imported cosmetics in 2022.

But Odacité has confirmed they do not sell their products in retail stores in mainland China; therefore, they are not required to test on animals.

“We do not currently have any stores or retailers in mainland China.”

Cruelty-Free Policies

Note that 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, and by any third parties.

Also, note that Cruelty-Free and Vegan don’t always mean the same thing.

Odacité is Not 100% Vegan

‘Vegan’ in cosmetics can refer to an entire brand that is 100% Vegan or a specific product is vegan.

In the case of Odacité, not all of their products are vegan. But they have some products that are suitable for vegans.

How to know which of Odacité products are vegan?

Odacité states all of their products are vegan except for two (see statement below). Additionally, all of Odacité’s vegan products are clearly marked on their website.

“Our founder Valerie is a committed vegan, and all of our products are vegan with the exception of our Green Ceremony Cleanser (which contains honey) and the Intensive Hand & Heel Therapy (which contains bee’s wax).”

Vegan Policies

Similar to ‘Cruelty-Free,’ there is no standard or legal definition for the label ‘Vegan.’ But it usually means no animal-derived ingredients or animal by-products.

Some common animal products used in cosmetics include carmine, lanolin, snail mucus, beeswax, honey, pearl or silk-derived ingredients, animal-based glycerin, keratin, and squalene.

There are plant-based and synthetic alternatives to animal-derived ingredients. But 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’ve chosen to use were from non-animal sources.

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