Vegan investing has moved well past the novelty stage. Plant-based markets are expanding, consumers are asking harder questions about animal welfare, and a growing number of investors want portfolios that actually reflect what they believe in. The problem? Finding publicly traded companies that score well on animal welfare is brutally difficult.
We ranked over 5,000 stocks using our Kind to Animals value, a metric built by Mashinii that evaluates how companies treat animals across testing, sourcing, operations, and ecosystem impact. Companies lose points for animal testing, factory farming, and habitat destruction. They gain points for cruelty-free certification, ethical sourcing, and investment in animal-free alternatives.
Out of thousands, only four scored meaningfully well. Here they are.
1. Veganz Group (VEZ.XETRA) — Kind to Animals Score: 70/100
Veganz tops the ranking and it is not close. The German company produces and sells exclusively vegan food — plant-based cheese, sausages, spreads, sweets, and frozen meals. No animal testing. No animal-derived ingredients. Leaping Bunny certified.
What matters here is what Veganz does not have: a conventional food division to fall back on. There is no legacy meat or dairy business subsidising the plant-based line. The entire company exists to replace animal products. For anyone looking for a pure-play vegan stock on the public markets, this is it.
So why only 70? To push higher, Veganz would need to demonstrate best-in-class supply chain transparency and meaningful investment in regenerative agriculture. The data there is still thin.
View the full Veganz Group score on Mashinii.
2. Moolec Science (MLEC.US) — Kind to Animals Score: 50/100
Moolec is doing something different. The company is not making plant-based imitations. It uses molecular farming to grow real animal proteins inside plants. The end product functions like animal protein because it is animal protein, just produced without animals.
This approach goes after the root of the problem. Billions of animals are raised every year for proteins that could, in theory, be produced another way. Moolec reports that 100% of its products are cruelty-free, and the technology is genuinely compelling.
The 50 score reflects a strong model held back by disclosure gaps. Moolec is still a younger company and has yet to publish detailed data on supplier audits, humane certifications, or how its R&D budget breaks down. Better reporting would move the needle significantly.
View the full Moolec Science score on Mashinii.
3. Steakholder Foods (STKH.US) — Kind to Animals Score: 40/100
Formerly MeaTech 3D, Steakholder Foods is an Israeli food tech company developing cultivated meat through 3D bioprinting. The company builds printers that produce meat, fish, and seafood analogs without traditional animal agriculture. It sits on the Cruelty Free Investing index.
The premise is straightforward: grow meat from cells, eliminate the slaughter. Cultivated meat as an industry is still early stage, but Steakholder is one of the few publicly traded companies actually working on it.
Where the score gets held back is transparency. Open questions remain about whether cell lines are ethically sourced and whether growth media are fully animal-free. That second point is a common challenge across the entire cultivated meat sector, not just Steakholder.
View the full Steakholder Foods score on Mashinii.
4. Olaplex (OLPX.US) — Kind to Animals Score: 40/100
The outlier. Not a food company. Olaplex is a beauty brand, and it makes the list because vegan investors who want exposure beyond food and agriculture have very few options.
Olaplex has held Leaping Bunny certification since 2021. Neither its products nor its ingredients are tested on animals, and it holds suppliers to the same standard. Every product in the range is 100% vegan with no animal-derived ingredients.
Cruelty-free beauty is one of the fastest growing segments in consumer goods, and Olaplex has built its brand on science-backed hair care without any animal involvement. The 40 score reflects strong cruelty-free credentials with room to improve on quantitative supplier audit data and R&D disclosure.
View the full Olaplex score on Mashinii.
Why Only Four Vegan Stocks?
Four companies out of more than 5,000. That tells you everything about the state of vegan investing in 2026.
Most publicly traded companies either rely on animal products, test on animals, or run supply chains tangled up in animal agriculture. Finding stocks that genuinely align with vegan values means looking past the marketing and into the actual practices: certifications, sourcing policies, product formulations, and real investment in alternatives.
The opportunity set is small. But it is growing. As cultivated meat scales, molecular farming matures, and cruelty-free standards become the norm in beauty and consumer goods, more companies will enter the picture. For now, these are the stocks that meet the bar.
You can explore the full rankings across all values on Mashinii.
Scores are generated by Mashinii using public data including financial filings, company reports, and news coverage. Scores are regularly updated as new information becomes available. This is not financial advice.