Pick a category to see the highest-scoring vegan products — no animal-derived ingredients, no vague “plant-based” wording, and every score traceable to the same 0–100 model.
Vegan Beauty & Personal Care
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Formula check
We scan the ingredient list for the most common animal-derived inputs and flag anything ambiguous.
Claim check
A 'plant-based' claim isn't vegan. We only mark a product vegan when the formula and brand statement both hold up.
Certification check
Third-party vegan registries and cruelty-free programs feed directly into the Brand & Trust pillar.
These six show up most often in products marketed as plant-friendly.
| Ingredient | Usually found in | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Carmine / CI 75470 | Lipstick, blush, some drinks | Crushed cochineal insects used as red pigment. |
| Lanolin | Lip balm, moisturiser | Wool grease; look for plant butters or squalane instead. |
| Shellac | Nail polish, coatings, glazes | Lac-insect resin; zein or plant waxes are the vegan swap. |
| Casein / whey | Haircare, protein blends | Milk proteins; pea and soy protein perform the same job. |
| Beeswax (cera alba) | Balms, candles, polish | Candelilla and carnauba wax are direct replacements. |
| Keratin / collagen | Hair and skin treatments | Usually animal-derived unless labelled plant or vegan-identical. |
No. Vegan means no animal-derived ingredients; cruelty-free means no animal testing. A product can be one without the other, which is why we track them as separate filters.
No. Plant-based is an unregulated marketing term and often describes a majority-plant formula that still contains beeswax, lanolin or milk derivatives. Look for an explicit vegan claim or certification.
We combine the published ingredient list, the brand's own vegan statement, and any third-party vegan or cruelty-free certification. Anything unresolved is left unmarked rather than assumed.
Beauty & Personal Care, Home & Cleaning and Food & Nutrition have the deepest vegan ranges. Fashion, Jewelry and Furniture require closer material checks because animal inputs hide in glues, dyes and finishes.
| Derivative | Typically found in | Why it is used | Plant-based alternative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanolin | Balms, moisturisers | Occlusive moisture barrier | Shea butter, plant squalane |
| Beeswax | Lip and skin care, candles | Structure and hold | Candelilla or carnauba wax |
| Carmine | Colour cosmetics | Deep red pigment | Beet or mineral pigments |
| Collagen and keratin | Hair and skin care | Conditioning claims | Plant proteins, biomimetic peptides |
| Down and wool | Outerwear, bedding | Insulation and loft | Recycled synthetic fill, kapok, lyocell |
| Leather | Bags, footwear, accessories | Durability and finish | Recycled synthetics, cork, cactus and apple leathers |
Vegan-friendly branding on the front says nothing about the tenth ingredient. Derivatives usually hide under technical names.
Vegan Society, Certified Vegan or an equivalent scheme requires supply-chain disclosure that a self-declared badge does not.
Glues, dyes, finishes, filters and even some processing aids are the usual places animal derivatives survive an otherwise vegan formulation.
Confirm the cruelty-free status independently — the two claims come from different evidence and one does not imply the other.
Animal-derived glues persist in footwear and bookbinding long after the visible materials have been swapped.
Carmine and shellac remain common in cosmetics and confectionery coatings despite widely available alternatives.
Some beverages and oils are clarified with animal-derived agents that never appear on the ingredient list.
A vegan formulation sold into a market that mandates animal testing is vegan but not cruelty-free.
No. Animal-derived products are excluded from the database entirely, so the catalogue is plant-based by construction.
It depends on the backing. Many bio-based leathers use a synthetic backing layer, so durability and coating chemistry matter as much as the headline material.
Yes. Composition and testing are separate questions, which is why we tag and verify them separately.