Does Hill's Prescription Diet test on animals?
Conducts animal feeding trials on dogs and cats for nutritional research; parent company Colgate-Palmolive engages in animal testing for some products.
Animal testing rarely happens at the brand's own bench. The questions that decide the answer are whether suppliers test, whether the parent company tests, and whether the brand sells through channels that can require post-market testing.
The evidence behind the answer
Cruelty-freeflagged
Conducts animal feeding trials on dogs and cats for nutritional research; parent company Colgate-Palmolive engages in animal testing for some products.
Sells in mainland Chinaflagged
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
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Hill's Prescription Diet: frequently asked
Does Hill's Prescription Diet test on animals?+
Conducts animal feeding trials on dogs and cats for nutritional research; parent company Colgate-Palmolive engages in animal testing for some products.
Hill's Prescription Diet: Cruelty-free?+
Conducts animal feeding trials on dogs and cats for nutritional research; parent company Colgate-Palmolive engages in animal testing for some products.
Hill's Prescription Diet: Vegan options?+
No vegan or plant-based products offered; all formulas contain animal ingredients.
Hill's Prescription Diet: Sells in mainland China?+
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
Hill's Prescription Diet: Third-party certified?+
No independent certifications recorded on the products we track.
What is Hill's Prescription Diet's ethics score?+
Hill's Prescription Diet averages —/100 across 0 products we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.