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.
The evidence behind the answer
Vegan optionsunverified
Burt's Bees offers a limited vegan product range, clearly labeled on its website, but many products contain beeswax or honey.
Third-party certifiedverified
We record 3 distinct certifications across this brand's products.
Scored with our public methodology.
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Burt's Bees: frequently asked
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?+
We record 3 distinct certifications across this brand's products.
What is Burt's Bees's ethics score?+
Burt's Bees averages 75/100 across 1 product we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.