mCaffeine, India’s First Caffeinated Personal Care Brand is now PETA certified Cruelty-Free and Vegan

The brand embodies the millennial ethos with key principles of: clean label (natural as a choice), why hurt (no animal testing), confidence over colour (don’t sell insecurities or fairness products)

by Suman Gupta

On the backdrop of World Vegan Day which is celebrated on 1^st November every year, mCaffeine, India’s first caffeinated personal care brand which has led the coffee revolution in the personal care space since 2016, has been declared cruelty-free and vegan by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

This certification testifies that mCaffeine does not conduct or commission the tests of any of its ingredients, formulations or finished products on animals. It also represents mCaffeine’s pledge that they would not carry out such tests in the future either. With this certification, mCaffeine will now sit squarely among other personal care brand and products known for ethical and environmentally sustainable practices and be a part of India’s growing movement for ethical and eco-friendly personal care brands.

Speaking about the PETA certification, Tarun Sharma, Co-Founder and CEO, mCaffeine said, “At mCaffeine, since the moment we launched our first product, we have always been out to make a difference. Working towards that cause, we resolved to never test on animals, and now, we are officially certified by PETA as cruelty-free and vegan.This validation makes our belief and ethos more stronger.”

On the importance of ethics and environmental sustainability, Tarun Sharma further remarked, “Millennials place a high value on sustainability and transparency, and we aspire to meet their expectations.Keeping their values in mind, we have always been conscious of what ingredients we use, of not testing on animals, and of what effects our products are causing on the environment throughout their life cycle.

Our mindfulness can be observed in our use of 100% natural ingredients during product creation, and the use of glass bottles and recycled plastic for packaging,

which is so rarely seen in Indian markets. But it is through suchnnovation that we have turned mCaffeine into a 100-crore Indian brand in just four years, thus creating the phenomenon that is caffeine skincare in India.”

mCaffeine believes that beauty has no colour or gender, it’s all about well-being. With caffeine at the heart, mCaffeine’s products are designed to bring you the best in skin & hair care. They believe that Skincare, Haircare and most importantly Self Care is for everyone. The brand’s promise to the world is that they will never sell fairness creams. The brand embodies the millennial ethos with key principles of: clean label (natural as a choice), why hurt (no animal testing), confidence over colour (don’t sell insecurities or fairness products).

About mCaffeine : mCaffeine is India’s first caffeinated personal care brand, launched in 2016, cofounded by Mr. Tarun Sharma and Mr. Vikas Lachhwani. The brand is focused on the millennial lifestyle with mass premium offerings. mCaffeine, a D2C brand has sold more than 2.8 million products in just 4 years of launch. Currently, the products are available at 18000 pin codes across India. While the brand is still quite young, mCaffeine products are best sellers amongst multiple categories on Amazon and Nykaa.

mCaffeine, currently is present in 3 major categories – Face Care, Hair Care and Body Care. There are about 20 products in portfolio so far and there are aggressive plans to further launch 15-20 products in the next one year. mCaffeine products are available on all major shopping portals namely – Amazon, Nykaa, Flipkart and sells through its own e-commerce portal http://www.mcaffeine.com. Almost half of mCaffeine products are best sellers in the categories they operate in across marketplaces.

The brand is at present focusing on India with global potential for the future.

Awards & Recognitions:Their products are already gaining cult status in the Indian beauty community. mCaffeine’s Coffee Body Scrub has become a favourite of the community, recently winning the ‘Best Scrub’ Category in the Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards 2019 and Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards 2020.

mCaffeine is Peta Certified – 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free.