Is Burt's Bees vegan?

Burt's Bees offers a limited vegan product range, clearly labeled on its website, but many products contain beeswax or honey.

Vegan means no animal-derived ingredients — beeswax, lanolin, carmine, collagen, silk or milk proteins — anywhere in the formula. It is a separate claim from cruelty-free, and a brand can be one without the other.

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Burt's Bees offers a limited vegan product range, clearly labeled on its website, but many products contain beeswax or honey.

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Is Burt's Bees vegan?+

Burt's Bees offers a limited vegan product range, clearly labeled on its website, but many products contain beeswax or honey.

Burt's Bees: Cruelty-free?+

Burt's Bees does not test on animals and is Leaping Bunny verified, ensuring no animal testing by suppliers or final manufacturers.

Burt's Bees: Vegan options?+

Burt's Bees offers a limited vegan product range, clearly labeled on its website, but many products contain beeswax or honey.

Burt's Bees: Sells in mainland China?+

The brand does not sell through channels that require mainland China post-market testing.

Burt's Bees: Third-party certified?+

No independent certifications recorded on the products we track.

What is Burt's Bees's ethics score?+

Burt's Bees averages —/100 across 0 products we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.