Is Bounce Cruelty-free and Vegan?

Bounce is a brand known for making laundry products that help you keep the wrinkles off your clothes – with or without a pressing iron. Their product line includes dryer sheets and anti-wrinkles sprays.

Procter & Gamble is Bounce’s parent company with its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Many of our readers have asked if Bounce is cruelty-free and vegan.

We have taken time to analyze the brand and its products in detail to find an answer. Read on to know what we found.

Is Bounce Cruelty-free?

For a company to be cruelty-free, it needs to satisfy these criteria, which we will analyze one after the other:

• None of the products should be tested on animals
• They should not test on animals even when required by law
• The products should not be sold in China.

How does Bounce measure up against these standards? Let us find out.

Are Bounce products tested on animals?

Yes, Bounce tests its products on animals before selling it for human use.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is one of the world’s leading organizations that calls out unfair and inhumane treatments of animals around the world.

They expose the industries and companies that use animals as experiments.

On their website, here is what they have to say about Bounce:

“This company (Bounce, Procter & Gamble) DOES test on animals.”

Based on whether Bounce tests its products on animals, it does. And this does not make Bounce products to be cruelty-free.

Do they test Animals when required by law? Or use a third party?

Many countries around the world do not require that you test on animals before selling to their citizens. These kinds of countries include the United States and Canada.

On the other hand, some countries require by law that you test your products on animals first before selling or marketing.

Bounce’s parent company, Procter & Gamble, claims that they do not test products on animals anywhere in the world unless required by law.

This means that they do not test on animals in the United States. However, Bounce markets its products to other countries that require animal testing by law. This means that Bounce is not cruelty-free.

Are Bounce products sold in China?

Yes, Bounce products are marketed and available for sale in China. Since Chinese law requires that companies test their products on animals before selling to the public, any company that sells in China is not cruelty-free.

Does Bounce have Cruelty free Accreditations Certifications?

Bounce sells its products in China and tests its products on animals when required by law. These criteria make it not to be cruelty-free and vegan.

For these reasons, Bounce does not have any accreditation certifications from bodies like PETA and CCIC.

PETA and other organizations against animal cruelty place Bounce and its parent company (Procter and Gamble) on a list of companies/brands that treat animals with cruelty.

Is Bounce’s Parent company Procter & Gamble, cruelty-free?

No. Bounce’s parent company Procter & Gamble, is not cruelty-free. Although P&G does not test on animals unless required by law, they do not qualify as a cruelty-free company.

Is Bounce Vegan?

A product is vegan if no animal parts or derivatives were used as part of its ingredients. This, therefore, means that cruelty-free companies make vegan products because no animals were hurt or tested on while making the product.

Bounce is not vegan because some of their product ingredients are derived from animals. Bounce also does not have any vegan certifications.

Summary

Bounce products are not cruelty-free and vegan, considering that they test on animals and also sell/market their products in China.

Even though Bounce’s parent company P&G is making efforts to develop non-animal testing methods worldwide, they are still flagged as not being cruelty-free and vegan because they test products on animals in countries where such animal testing is required by law.