Is Victoria’s Secret Cruelty Free and Vegan?
Summary About Victoria’s Secret
No, Victoria’s Secret is not a cruelty‑free brand because they do direct or indirect animal testing. Let's take a look at each animal testing criteria.
No, Victoria’s Secret does not test final products or ingredients on animals.
No, their suppliers do not test on animals.
No, Victoria’s Secret does not do any animal testing through 3rd-parties.
Yes, Victoria’s Secret is sold in mainland China. China is the only country that requires animal testing.
No, Victoria’s Secret does not test on animals in China, but their products still can be tested on animals by post-market product testing labs when there is a customer complaint about their products.
China exempts animal testing on brands
- if they manufacture the products in China
- if they go through a pre-market animal testing exemption process
- if they do not sell special use cosmetics such as sunscreen, skin brightening products, hair dyes etc. in China
Victoria’s Secret could avoid pre-market mendatory animal testing by meeting these conditions. However, this only applies to pre-market testing. Being cruelty-free is not 100% guaranteed because products with consumer complaints can be randomly chosen for post-market animal testing in China.
Victoria’s Secret is not certified as cruelty-free by PETA nor Leaping Bunny.
No, Victoria’s Secret does not have a parent company.
No, Victoria’s Secret is not a 100% vegan brand because some of their products contain animal ingredients or animal by-products.
We consider a brand as 100% vegan if their products do not contain
- animal ingredients
- animal by-products (including honey and beeswax)
- any other animal-derived ingredients
Victoria’s Secret does not meet this criteria.
We do not consider Victoria’s Secret a cruelty-free brand, and you might be curious how we collected this info. Below is a screenshot of what we have found.
