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Are Koh products vegan?Updated an hour ago

TL;DR: Koh's formulations don't contain animal-derived ingredients like beeswax, lanolin, tallow, honey, or carmine. Koh isn't currently certified by a third-party vegan program such as Vegan Society or BeVeg.


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What does "vegan" mean for Koh products?

For Koh, vegan means the formulations don't contain ingredients derived from animals. Common animal-derived ingredients used in some cleaning, laundry, and personal care products include beeswax, lanolin (from sheep wool grease), tallow (rendered animal fat), honey, carmine (from cochineal insects), milk derivatives, and certain forms of glycerine, stearic acid, or lactic acid that can be sourced from animal fats. Koh's formulations across the cleaning range, laundry range, and personal care range don't include these animal-derived ingredients. The full ingredient list for any specific product is shown on its koh.com product page. Functional ingredients like glycerine and lactic acid in some Koh formulations are sourced from plant origins rather than animal-sourced versions, though Koh isn't currently audited by a third-party vegan program that verifies the supply chain end-to-end.

For Koh, vegan means the formulations don't contain ingredients derived from animals. The most common ones in cleaning, laundry, and personal care products are excluded across the Koh range.

✓ Not in Koh formulations

Beeswax, lanolin, tallow, honey, carmine, milk derivatives. None of these appear in the Koh cleaning range, laundry range, or personal care range. The full ingredient list for any specific product is on its koh.com product page.

No animal derivatives

✓ Functional ingredients

Some shared cleaning ingredients (such as glycerine, lactic acid, or fatty acids) can technically be sourced from animal fats by some suppliers. In Koh's formulations, they're sourced from plant origins.

Plant origin

Is Koh certified vegan?

Koh does not currently hold third-party vegan certification from external programs such as the Vegan Society Trademark, Vegan Action Certified Vegan, or BeVeg. Koh's vegan-formulation position is a stated company policy based on the ingredients used in our manufacturing, rather than an externally audited certification at this time. Customers who want third-party verified vegan status can look for products carrying those certifications. Koh's animal testing position is detailed in a separate article on the Koh Help Centre.

Koh does not currently hold third-party vegan certification.

✓ Where Koh stands today

Our vegan-formulation position is a stated company policy based on the ingredients used in our manufacturing. We're not currently certified by external programs such as the Vegan Society Trademark, Vegan Action Certified Vegan, or BeVeg.

Customers who want third-party verified vegan status can look for products carrying one of those certifications. For our position on animal testing, see Does Koh test on animals?


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Last reviewed: May 2026


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