Does Nestlé test on animals?
Nestlé conducts animal testing for some food-safety and nutrition research and is not cruelty-free.
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
Nestlé conducts animal testing for some food-safety and nutrition research and is not cruelty-free.
Sells in mainland Chinaflagged
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
Scored with our public methodology.
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Nestlé: frequently asked
Does Nestlé test on animals?+
Nestlé conducts animal testing for some food-safety and nutrition research and is not cruelty-free.
Nestlé: Cruelty-free?+
Nestlé conducts animal testing for some food-safety and nutrition research and is not cruelty-free.
Nestlé: Vegan options?+
Nestlé owns plant-based lines (Garden Gourmet, Sweet Earth) but the wider portfolio is not vegan.
Nestlé: Sells in mainland China?+
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
Nestlé: Third-party certified?+
No independent certifications recorded on the products we track.
What is Nestlé's ethics score?+
Nestlé averages —/100 across 0 products we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.