Does Oral-B test on animals?
P&G conducts animal testing where required by law (e.g., China) and has not committed to a full ban; Oral-B products are not certified 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
P&G conducts animal testing where required by law (e.g., China) and has not committed to a full ban; Oral-B products are not certified 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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Oral-B: frequently asked
Does Oral-B test on animals?+
P&G conducts animal testing where required by law (e.g., China) and has not committed to a full ban; Oral-B products are not certified cruelty-free.
Oral-B: Cruelty-free?+
P&G conducts animal testing where required by law (e.g., China) and has not committed to a full ban; Oral-B products are not certified cruelty-free.
Oral-B: Vegan options?+
Oral-B does not offer a certified vegan product line; some toothpastes may contain animal-derived ingredients.
Oral-B: Sells in mainland China?+
Selling through mainland Chinese retail has historically triggered post-market animal testing.
Oral-B: Third-party certified?+
No independent certifications recorded on the products we track.
What is Oral-B's ethics score?+
Oral-B averages —/100 across 0 products we score on certifications, sourcing, labour, packaging and transparency.