Cruelty Free Shopping
There are around 3000 companies/universities in Britain that hold a license to test on animals. Every year in British laboratories alone approximately 3 million animals are tormented and killed in the name of research. They are poisoned, scalded, wounded, blinded, brain damaged or electrocuted. Two thirds will receive no anaesthetic during ‘procedures’ which are often more suited to a medieval torture chamber than a modern lab.
DON’T BE A PART OF THIS CRUELTY
BOYCOTT PRODUCTS TESTED ON ANIMALS!
Below is a list of companies that do and don’t test on animals. We recommend printing a copy of this list and taking it shopping with you – Before you buy, check who makes the product on the back of the packaging.
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Aldi |
own brand (except hairspray) |
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Astonish |
from Home Bargains |
Bio D |
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Betterware |
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Co-Op |
(all own brands) |
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Nisa |
(Costcutter, Londis & Budgens) |
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Honesty |
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Netto |
(all own brand products) |
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Sainsburys |
(all except household) |
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Marks & Spencer |
(own brand make-up/toiletries and household products) |
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Lush |
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Somerfield |
(all own brand products) |
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John Lewis |
(own brand toiletries only) |
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Clearspring |
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Holland & Barrett |
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Yaoh |
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The following companies either openly use animal-tested chemicals, or fail to demonstrate that the finished product and the ingredients they use have not been tested on animals since a fixed cut-off date.
| COMPANIES TO BOYCOTT | |
Avon Cosmetics |
Jeyes |
Beiersdorf |
Johnson &
Johnson |
The Body Shop/L’Oreal+ |
Coty (owned by Benckiser) |
Dylon Mayborn |
Eco-co Products |
Clairol |
L’Oreal/Nestlé |
Clinique |
Proctor & Gamble |
Colgate Palmolive |
PZ Cussons |
Coty |
Reckitt Benckiser |
Ecover* |
Revlon |
Estée Lauder |
SC Johnson |
FCUK |
Warner Lambert |
Garnier |
Yardley |
Gillette |
Yves Rocher |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Yves Saint Laurent |
Elizabeth Arden |
Roche |
Schwarzkoft & Henkel |
Warner Lambert |
Wilkinson Sword |
Wella |
Helena Rubenstein |
Unilever/Lever Faberge |
+ The Body Shop are now owned by
L’Oreal/Nestlé.
* Ecover do not have a FCOD, they follow the
‘5 year rolling rule’, which is why they feature on the ‘bad’ list.
Animal Free Shopper
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HEALTH CHARITIES AND ANIMAL TESTING
While many health charities fund or conduct experiments on animals, there are many more who direct their resources toward non-animal research or to help sufferers in other ways. Some charities may not be directly involved in animal research but are members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) – an organisation that supports and promotes the use of animals in laboratories.
Below is a link to view a list of health charities and their status. This list is not definitive, as policies change. Please contact Animal Aid should you have received a reply from a charity about their animal testing policy, so that we may keep this file up to date.
List of health charities and animal testing