Grape/vinotherapy-based skincare; 1% for the Planet member (has donated to environmental causes); paraben- and phenoxyethanol-free; recyclable/refill efforts. Broad 'clean' claims with real environmental giving but limited third-party product certification.
| Ingredient transparency | Could not be retrieved (no readable product feed, or requests blocked) |
| Ownership | Independent (family-owned, Mathilde & Bertrand Thomas) (Founder/family-owned) |
| Where made | The laboratory is located in Gidy in France's cosmetic valley, with 500 of 1,300 employees based in France. |
| Price | Mid-to-premium |
| Cruelty free | Partial |
| Vegan | Partial |
| Organic | Partial |
| Certifications | 1% for the Planet |
| Sold in mainland China | Disputed, Cruelty-Free Kitty lists Caudalie as not cruelty-free because it is available in markets with mandatory animal testing, while some sources say entry is via cross-border e-commerce and duty free only. |
| Palm oil | No public disclosure found, palm oil is not mentioned in the 2025 sustainability report. |
| Packaging | Recyclable, refill/recycling program |
| Good On You | Rated It's a Start by Good On You, scoring 2 out of 5 for planet, 2 out of 5 for people and 4 out of 5 for animals. |
| EWG | Caudalie products are listed in EWG Skin Deep, but no brand-level EWG Verified status was found. |
| External ratings | 1% for the Planet member |
| Controversies | Its cruelty-free positioning is contested, with Cruelty-Free Kitty and ethical elephant both flagging Caudalie as not cruelty-free over China market access. |
| Caveat | Caudalie is a 1% for the Planet member since 2012 with over 13 million trees funded, but tree planting is offsetting rather than reduction and there is no B Corp certification, no palm policy and no mica policy. |
Why there is no score: Site could not be read. No verdict is given. Neither a full ingredient read nor a check of the certifications against the certifiers own registers has been completed for this brand, so there is no basis for judging it either way. No score is published. No readable product listing could be found at https://www.caudalie.com, so the catalogue could not be enumerated. A manual product by product read has not yet been completed.
Last checked 22 July 2026.
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