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Those Slippery Vegans!

Dear Blowfish,

We’d love to use a 100% vegan lube . . . but how can we tell?

Unless the manufacturer has promised us that the lube in question is vegan, we have no idea whether a particular lube is vegan or not. In general, it’s best to stay away from most lubes that contain glycerin, since that is usually (but not always), derived from animals. However, we currently do carry a couple lubes that claim to be 100% vegan. Intimate Infusions Lubricant is “all natural”; the glycerin in these lubes come from vegetables and they’re made from a natural formula. A few of the Sliquid lubes — specifically Sliquid H2O and Sliquid Sassy — say “100% vegan” in their list of ingredients, and all of their bottles say “Never tested on animals”. And I did see that the O’My lubes specify vegetable glycerin in their list of ingredients, though I can’t vouch for the rest of their ingredients.

As far as condoms are concerned, from what we can tell, most latex is indeed vegan, although some brands may use a protein derived from milk in their formulation process. For that reason, to be sure of not interacting with animal products, we offer polyurethane condoms (that to the best of our collective knowledge are vegan). If you know of any reason to believe that Avanti polyurethane condoms are not vegan, please do let us know!

Happy playing!

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