The Ultimate Guide to Cruelty-Free Cleaning Products
Looking for cruelty-free cleaning products? This guide has you covered! Logical Harmony helps make cruelty-free easy!
So many people ask for help when it comes to cruelty-free cleaning products. When it comes to keeping your home clean, a lot of us grow up with a lot of brand loyalty. We grow up seeing our parents buy specific brands and once we’re out on our own, most people continue to buy those same brands. A lot of people also don’t realize that cleaning products are often tested on animals. It can be one of the last cruelty-free swaps people make.
Thankfully, it’s now easier than ever to find cruelty-free cleaning options. No matter what you’re looking to replace there are easy swaps. So whether that’s dishwasher soap, a good all-purpose cleaner, laundry soap, specialty cleaners, glass cleaner, or other options, this list has you covered.
Some of the best-selling cruelty-free cleaning products are:
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This is the most recent update of a post I originally published on March 9, 2015. It was last updated on June 6, 2020.
Brands that make Cruelty-Free Cleaning Products:
This list covers all sorts of cruelty-free cleaning products. It includes everything from laundry soap to kitchen cleaners to bathroom cleaners to all-purpose cleaners and everything in between. All of these brands have vegan options and it is also noted if they are completely vegan. Most of these can be easily found in stores and online.
- 365 Everyday Value
- Astonish Cleaning Products – 100% vegan
- Aunt Fannie’s – 100% vegan
- Biokleen – 100% vegan
- Bon Ami
- Caldrea – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not.
- Counter Culture Clean – 100% vegan
- Dr. Bronner’s
- ECOS
- Grove Collaborative
- Mrs. Meyers – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not.
- Puracy – 100% vegan
- Pur Home Clean
- Real Simple Clean
- Root – 100% vegan
- Sals Suds by Dr. Bronner’s
- Seventh Generation – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not.
- Three Main
- Trader Joe’s House Brand
Cruelty-Free All-Purpose Cleaners:
These are cleaners that you can use for anything. These brands make different suggestions on how to use the products, but you can use them to wash dishes, clean surfaces, do laundry, and wash your hands, hair, and body too. These general-purpose cleaners are from cruelty-free brands and these specific ones are also vegan-friendly.
- Dr. Bronner’s Pure Castile Liquid Soap – available in a variety of scents as well as unscented
- Root Pretty Everything Soap – available in a variety of scents as well as unscented
- Sals Suds by Dr. Bronner’s
Cruelty-Free Laundry Soap and Laundry Treatments:
Aside from the all-purpose cleaners mentioned above, there are quite a few cruelty-free brands that make laundry soaps and laundry treatments.
- 365 Everyday Value
- Astonish Cleaning Products – 100% vegan
- Biokleen – 100% vegan
- Caldrea – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not.
- ECOS
- Mrs. Meyers – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not.
- Puracy – 100% vegan
- Seventh Generation – It should be noted that they are cruelty-free, but their parent company is not.
What cleaning brands should you avoid?
If you’re wanting to buy from cruelty-free brands, the following are brands to avoid as they are not cruelty-free by Logical Harmony standards. This is just a small list of brands to avoid, but these are some of the most commonly found.
- 409
- All
- Arm & Hammer
- Clorox
- Dettol
- Fabuloso
- Fairy Dish
- Lysol
- OxiClean
- Persil
- Tide
- Windex
Some of the best-selling cruelty-free cleaning products are:
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As a vegan I recently had to move for work and the only place to get vegan items now other than via mail is whole foods and Walmart (they hardly carry any vegan items, sadly it’s a very meat and dairy part of the state). I was surprised that 365 everyday brand is cruelty free…how is that possible? Sure they don’t test on animals but they also have dairy and egg products. Organic egg laying hens are still treated cruelly!! How do they get the milk from the cows? In-between her nursing calf? Just questioning this, may I’m missing something?
hi tashina, what type of ingredients would make a soap or cleaner cruelty free but not vegan? thanks for all the information on your site, it makes life easier
Another market to add to this list is Sprouts. They’re like a mini Whole Foods but sell a lot of the same products for a cheaper price. They have locations in California only so far, but hopefully the will have more stores in other US states.
They are also in Dallas now.
What about Mrs. Meyers? I thought they were cruelty free? Possibly vegan?
Hi Yesenia!
Mrs. Meyers is cruelty free, but they are owned by a brand who tests on animals. 🙁 I have decided to not add brands with parent companies who tests to these lists because there are so many cruelty free brands who aren’t owned by a company who tests. Logical Harmony would rather support those brands. 🙂
Do you happen to know if Seventh Generation only recently got their Leaping Bunny certification? I was really weirded out at the store recently when I looked at multiple products of theirs–some had the Leaping Bunny symbol and some didn’t.
Btw, I absolutely LOVE Biokleen!
I don’t believe it is recent. It’s not uncommon for symbols to not appear on packaging though, so I wouldn’t let it worry you. 🙂
I would definitely love to see this list become more expanded – maybe after some time. Currently I’m trying to find vegan equivalents for Febreeze spray, Jet Dry and Vacuum rug cleaning powder.
Yes! I am hoping that it can expand too. If there are any brands you are curious about, please let me know. 🙂
I believe I found that Method has air fresheners as well. I’m going to buy some tomorrow. 😀
I believe biokleen has a Fabreeze spray but I’ve only found it on their website. I love biokleen products!!
I had no idea. Thanks for the tip! 🙂
J.R. Watkins makes room sprays and they small AMAZING
ECOS makes a dishwasher rinse aid and it works very well.
Don’t forget about Earth Friendly Products there one of my favorite!
Thanks for suggesting them! I’ve reached out and hope to add them to the list soon.
I’ve been using Method products for a while now, would absolutely recommend them to anyone! I love that I can buy anything I want from the line and know that I’m getting a cruelty-free and vegan product 🙂
I’m a Method junkie! I prefer to not worry about label reading, so I always default to Method since it’s 100% vegan. Which Dr. Bronner’s soaps aren’t vegan?
For some reason, I’d always been under the impression that Seventh Generation was owned by a parent company that isn’t cruelty-free. Glad to see that isn’t the case!
The Dr. Bronner’s soaps are vegan, but they have other products that contain animal ingredients. I didn’t want to mislead people who may buy other items thinking the brand is a vegan brand 🙂 Seventh Generation is another great options!
Where can you purchase these cleaning products??
Most of them are available all over! Aside from the Whole Foods house brand, all others are available from many small and mass retailers as well as many online stores. Target, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Vitacost… They are available in lots of places! It’s awesome!
I use Method and Seventh Gen all the time, love them! I started using them when I got my apartment in college and I don’t think I’ll stop anytime soon 🙂