Is Henkel Duping Customers About Being Cruelty-Free?

Henkel is a German company that was founded in 1876. They own popular brands like All laundry detergent, göt2b, and Schwarzkopf hair products. But is Henkel cruelty-free? Do they test on animals or sell in China? These are the questions I’m going to answer in this post.

Henkel Animal Testing Policy

Here is an excerpt of Henkel’s animal testing policy:

“Wherever legally possible, we demonstrate the safety of our products and the ingredients we use through existing data or through accepted alternative test methods, thus avoiding animal testing, Henkel only ever uses such tests if required by legal regulations or if no accepted alternative test methods are available for obtaining the necessary safety data.”

“We have been working intensively for more than three decades on the development of alternative methods to obtain the necessary safety data without animal testing. We are actively involved in efforts to accelerate the acceptance of alternative test methods by the legislators…the aim is to reduce the number of animal tests still further and ultimately avoid animal testing altogether.”

Read Henkel’s full animal testing statement here.

Is Henkel Cruelty-Free?

No…Henkel is not a cruelty-free brand. Like so many other big corporations they sell in China where animal testing is required. However, I give them kudos for trying to use alternative methods. But they should not test on animals…full stop.

Henkel Brands That You Should Avoid

Sometimes a brand doesn’t follow their parent companies policy and is cruelty-free. Kind of like a really horrible parent raising a phenomenally kind child. Unfortunately, all of Henkel Inc.’s brands follow their animal testing policy.

This is by far the largest list of brands under a parent company that I have seen. Normally I group the brands into categories but because there are 202 brands that Henkel owns I decided to list them in alphabetical order. Any brand that has CH by its name is sold in China.

A- B

[3D] Men- CH
Alexander Style
All
Allume Vite
Alterna
Antica Erboristeria
Aok- CH
Bain de Terre
Ballerina
Barnängen
BC Bonacure- CH
Beology
Big D
Bio Presto
Blond
BlondMe
Bloom
Blue Star
Boston
Bref- CH
Brillance- CH
Bruynzeel

C-E

Catch
Clin
Clynol
Cold Power
Color & Art
Color Expert
Coloria
Color Mask
Combat
Conejo
Country Colors
Croc Odor
Cucal
Dac
Dato
Décap’ Four
Deni
Denivit
Der General
Diadem
Diadermine- CH
Dial
Diosa
Dixan
Dixan Piatti
Dixi
Doigts Nets
Drago
Dry Idea
DumDUm
Dylon
Dynamo
E
Eau Ecarlate
Eparcyl
Essensity- CH
Estrella

F-H

Fa
Fab
Fewa
Fibreplex
Fix Polvo
Fleuril
Freshlight- CH
General
Gliss Kur-CH
Globol
Göt2b- CH
Grey
Guang Ming- CH
Haiermian- CH
Havu Mäntysuopa
Häxan
Hidra
Home Mat & Home Keeper
Hurricane

I-K

IBA
Igoara
Indola
Instanet
iPro
Joico
K2R
Kenra Professional
Keratin Color
Kindness
Kinsale Candles
Kit Racines
Konzil
Küül

L-M

Laska
La Toja
Le Chat
Le Chat
Licor del Polo
Live
Lord Sheraton
Losk
Lovables
Mad About Curls & Waves
Magno
Mas
Men Perfect- CH
Micolor
Minidou
Mini Risk
Mir
Miror
Mistol

N-O

Natural & Easy
Natural Styling- CH
Naturelle
Nbc- natural beauty care
Nectra Color
Nelsen
Neutrakal
Neutrex
Neutromed
Nordic Blonde
Novelle
Nucleic-A
Oil Ultime
Opti
Osis+- CH
Oust Descalers

P

Palette
Paon Essence Rich
Patrice
Pemolux
Pemos
Perfect Mousse- CH
Perlan
Perlana
Persil-CH
Pert
Perwoll
Poly Color Cream Hair Dye
Pravana
Pril
Punch
Punch Dishmatic
Pur
Pure Color
Purex

R-S

Re-Nature
Renuzit
Rex
Right Guard
Sard Wonder
Schauma
Schwarzkopf- CH
Scorpio
Seah- CH
Septifos
Sexy Hair- CH
Sidol
Silan
Silhouette- CH
SK Men- CH
Smooth ‘N Shine
Snuggle
Sofix
Soft Scrub
Somat
Sonasol
Spee
Spree
Strait Styling- CH
Sun Laundry & Dish
Sunlight
Super Croix
Supreme Keratin
Supreme Selection- CH
Surf
Syoss

T-Z

Taft
Tec Italy
Tend
Tenn
Teraxyl
Terra
Theramed
Vademecum
Vape
Vapona
Vernel
Vigor
Viking
Vim
Viva
Vu
WC Frisch
Weisser Riese
Wipp Express
Witte Reus
WK Ultra
X-TRA
Xtreme
Zen’sect
Zotos Professional

Conclusion

I live in Germany and see Henkel products everywhere. So it’s disappointing to see that they are not a cruelty-free company. When I moved to Europe I was under the assumption that since the EU banned animal testing then any product I bought would be good. As I’ve learned this is just not the case. One can only hope that will change one day soon.

Are you surprised about any of the brands on this list? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

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