Is Pu Leather Vegan?

PU leather is 100% synthetic, and therefore 100% vegan.

Vegan leather does not use any animal matter in its production process. While vegan leather can be completely artificial, there is natural vegan leather, such as pineapple leather, cork leather, and kelp leather. However, PU leather is artificial vegan leather. But the question is, are all PU leather 100% vegan? - The answer is no.

 There is bicast leather, or double-cast leather, that has real leather and only a polyurethane coat on top of the real leather.

Bicast leather uses the fibrous portion of the cowhide and for this reason, it is not vegan. Even PU leather uses petroleum in the manufacturing process.

Petroleum is made from fossils which are dead bodies of animals who died millions of years ago. It is still debatable whether petroleum is vegan or not. So, if you consider petroleum to be vegan, then this type of leather is 100% cruelty-free leather that you should be looking for to buy!

So how to tell if it’s PU leather or bi-cast leather? - This should be an obvious question that you have! If you are purchasing a product, careful examination of the tag or product description will tell you between the two. If it’s PU leather, it will have 100% synthetic or 100% vegan on the label. Usually, this type of leather will have a complete description of its composition. And yes, this makes you easily buy that desired animal-friendly product.