Nutrition Health Lifestyle Other Issues Vegan Contraception Introduction Contraceptives may have been tested on animals or contain animal derived ingredients. Much of what is written below was obtained by Lindsay Russell so our thanks go to her for a lot of the information here. Condoms Condoms are usually made from latex. The latter two do not protect against HIV or any other virus. Although not present in the finished product, both Durex and Mates condoms utilise casein, a milk protein, during processing.
Mates also use a non-fat dry milk powder.
Mates and Durex do not test their spermicidal lubricants on animals. The only vegan condoms we are aware of are made by Condomi . These contain no animal by-products, and have involved no animal testing. Female Condoms Femidom is the brand name for the female condom. They do not manufacture the lubricant itself, but as far as they are aware, the manufacturer does not 'routinely' test the lubricant on animals.