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Fair-trade Marula oil luxury skincare
| Ingredient transparency | Full ingredient list read and categorised |
| Ownership | Independent, founder-owned; founded 2012 by Craig and Julia Noik. US-incorporated (African Botanics Inc), headquartered in Los Angeles; products developed and made in South Africa. No parent company found. (Craig and Julia Noik (founders)) |
| Where made | Developed and made in South Africa; company headquartered in Los Angeles, USA. |
| Cruelty free | Yes |
| Vegan | Partial |
| Organic | Partial |
| Certifications | Cruelty-free is self-declared, brand is NOT Leaping Bunny certified and is NOT in PETA's Beauty Without Bunnies database. 'Fair-trade' refers to self-established fair-trade SOURCING PRINCIPLES via local/women's cooperatives, not a Fairtrade International certification. Credo Clean Standard is a retailer standard, not a certification. |
| Sold in mainland China | No, brand states products are not sold in stores in mainland China or any country that may require animal testing. |
| Palm oil | No public disclosure found on palm oil. |
| Good On You | No Good On You rating found. |
| EWG | No EWG Verified certification found. |
| External ratings | Credo Clean only |
| Controversies | No controversy found. |
| Caveat | Independent with no parent company, founded in 2012 by South African couple Craig and Julia Noik; fair trade and sustainability claims are self declared. |
| Reports note | <p>No COAs; not sold in China</p> |
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Every sku, checked
We analysed 39 African Botanics products, categorising every listed ingredient by function, origin (raw natural, naturally derived or synthetic) and safety concern. This is not the whole catalogue, so it is reported as a partial read. Percentages show the share of each formula that is natural or naturally derived.
Coverage: Ingredient lists were read for 39 products. The size of the full catalogue could not be established, so no average is shown.
Analyst note: Automated full-catalogue scan via the product feed; every listed ingredient categorised by function, origin and concern. 39 products, 0 ingredients uncategorised.
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Claims made for this brand that could not be confirmed in a certifier's own register. A brand website is a claim, not a source.
Certifications listed 'fair-trade' as if certified -> African Botanics follows self-established fair-trade sourcing principles with cooperatives but is NOT certified by Fairtrade International. 'Cruelty-free' is self-declared, not Leaping Bunny or PETA certified.
Not yet independently verified. The certifications listed for this brand are as the brand states them. They have not yet been checked against the certifiers own registers, so they should be read as a claim rather than a confirmed fact.
African Botanics is not a B Corp. The brand-level labels are thinner than the product-level ones.
Each feature below was checked against the product feed and the brand’s own documents
plant fibre across all 0 styles, read style by style from the live product feed. No sampling, no marketing page.
On record. Cotton certification not documented. Flagged in the ledger.
Not named publicly. Factory certifications not documented. See the sourcing ledger.
Low-impact finishes. Chemical flags and dye chemistry are recorded for every brand we scan.
On record. Packaging claims not documented. See the full record.
Every certifier this brand claims, with a direct link to the proof where it exists, or flagged where it is only the brand’s word.
The complete data behind the score, group by group, with the sources so you can check it yourself.
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61 brand transparency reports. Green verdict = genuinely clean/independent, amber = partial or conglomerate-owned, red = mostly synthetic.
61 of 61 have had their full ingredient list read and every ingredient categorised. The remaining 0 could not be read automatically and are not yet verified.
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