Is Natural Balance vegan?
Offers a limited vegetarian formula but no dedicated vegan line and no vegan certification.
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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Vegan optionsunverified
Offers a limited vegetarian formula but no dedicated vegan line and no vegan certification.
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Natural Balance: frequently asked
Is Natural Balance vegan?+
Offers a limited vegetarian formula but no dedicated vegan line and no vegan certification.
Natural Balance: Cruelty-free?+
The brand conducts AAFCO-required feeding trials but does not test finished pet products on animals unnecessarily; parent company J.M. Smucker has been involved in animal testing for human food.
Natural Balance: Vegan options?+
Offers a limited vegetarian formula but no dedicated vegan line and no vegan certification.
Natural Balance: Sells in mainland China?+
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
Natural Balance: Third-party certified?+
No independent certifications recorded on the products we track.
What is Natural Balance's ethics score?+
Natural Balance averages —/100 across 0 products we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.