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I was asked about oil paints the other day. Unfortunately for oil paints, I have only a few products to mention, and not a vast variety.

In 2022, Faber Castell’s Creative Studio oil paints set and Faber Castell’s tempera oil paints were free of animal derivatives.

In September 2023, I received the information that Caran d’Aches’ entire Neopastel line was free of animal derivatives.

Faber Castell Compendium entry

Caran D’Ache post

Caran d’Ache Compendium entry

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Vegan friendly and cruelty-free criteria:
A product can be considered vegan, if the entire product itself does not contain animal ingredients, byproducts/ derivatives and none of those are used in the manufacturing process, e.g. the use of animal derived oils and fats in surfactants for the dispersion of pigments. The manufacturer does not test on animals or commissions other parties to do so, none of their parent and sister companies or any other partners test on animals or commission animal testing, none of their raw material suppliers and subsuppliers test on animals or commission animal testing, if there are other options. (According to the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, animal testing has to be avoided if it is possible and has the goal to minimize animal testing for REACH. Lastly, there is no animal testing abroad for the manufacturer’s products to be sold abroad.)
By “entire product”, all parts of the product are meant, e.g. the ink and its jar it is contained in, the body and nibs of a marker, a pencil’s wooden body as well as lacquer/ print on it.

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