I recently received a comment (Hi Pawan!) asking if Dove is animal-testing-free. I asked a few of my friends, and they all said they thought Dove was a highly ethical company and probably was cruelty-free. Dove must have some really good PR, that’s all I can figure (I do like their Campaign for Real Beauty — that seems nice), because Dove is owned by Unilever, which is on PETA’s bad list. PETA is targeting Unilever, hoping to convince it to go cruelty-free the way Pepsi and Coca-cola have — right now Unilever is torturing piglets and mice. Do not buy products from Dove if you think piglets and mice should live pain-free lives.
(Unilever also owns Axe, Degree, Finesse, Lever 2000, Pears Transparent Soap, Pond’s, Q-Tips, Salon Selectives, Snuggle, Suave, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Sure, Vaseline, and Wisk. If you care about animal suffering, please don’t buy those either — cut Unilever off until it stops torturing piglets.)
Tags : cruelty free, dove, peta, unilever
Categories : against animal testing, cruelty free
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Natasha
January 11th, 2009 at 4:27 am
It’s also shocking that they sell alot of ‘foods’ too. like Blue Bonnet margarine, Knorr soup, Lipton soup ,Hellmas mayo,Becel margarine,Bertolli olive oil,Heartbrand ice cream, Wishbone salad dressing,Amora, Slim-fast shakes and bars,Calve,and even Lipton tea.
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Vanessa
January 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Brut has actually been bought by Pharmacare, an Australian company that does not participate in animal testing.
I’d hate to see Pharmacare targeted, when it is a company that we should all be supporting.
http://www.ethical.org.au/updates/
Emily
January 11th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Hi Natasha!
It’s just disgusting that Unilever owns all those brands! I still mourn the loss of my Jif peanut butter. I’d really like Unilever to go cruelty-free just for that alone (the others would be nice too!). Usually I much prefer natural products but I like my peanut butter processed and sweetened. I’ve been working my way through numerous other peanut butters, and some are actually pretty good but Jif is still my favorite. MaraNatha No-Stir peanut butter actually isn’t so bad — very natural AND it doesn’t separate! — but it still is kind of oily. I do keep meaning to try Kraft peanut butter but every time I go to Wal-Mart I end up almost buying it but then leaving the store in a state of frustration when I realize the lines are a half hour long. Safeway brand is my current usual — but it’s too sweet.
Hi Vanessa!
That’s WONDERFUL that Brut is no longer owned by Unilever! I shall remove Brut from the bad list immediately. I would not want the virtuous Pharmacare to suffer for Unilever’s atrocities. (And thank you for sourcing your information — that is so very convenient for me!)
Regards,
Natasha
January 12th, 2009 at 4:00 am
So many brands it’s heartbreaking.Oh yeah I forgot about Jif! Skippy peanut butter too is from Unilever.(They have a lot of nerve putting a pic of a cartoon squirrel on the front too.) I have to admit I love my processed peanut butter too. I tried natural peanut butter before and could not stand it. I think you would like Kraft it’s not too sweet or salty which is pretty good. That’s crazy that the lines are so so long at the Walmart you go. The one I go to hardly ever has long lines.
Cassie
May 5th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I don’t like that they torture the animals, but it is not Dove’s fault. Unilever own Dove, and they are the ones torturing the animals, not Dove themselves. So no, I will not stop buying Dove products.
Emily
May 8th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
But . . . Unilever owns Dove, and a lot of other subsidiary companies. Unilever actually makes fairly little under the “Unilever” brand. So if you buy Dove or any of Unilever’s myriad of other brands, wouldn’t you be supporting animal torture?
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