Desserto Cactus Leather Products

Cactus Leather is a premium sustainable vegan leather made from cacti produced by Desserto ® that's flexible, hard-wearing, water resistant – and beautiful. The world's first highly sustainable and environmentally friendly organic material made of Nopal cactus (also known as the prickly pear), it's produced in a large variety of colours, thicknesses and textures, and used by several of our luxury vegan brands, including Frida Rome, Thalie Paris and Bohema. Our collection includes cactus leather bags, cactus leather shoes and cactus leather accessories.

For more information about this amazing vegan leather made from cacti, read our article Why Desserto Cactus Leather is the Hottest New Vegan Leather. Find out more about all vegan leathers in our article Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Vegan Leather.

Love sustainable vegan leathers? Take a look at our edits for Apple Leather, Grape Leather, Pinatex, MIRUM® and Cork Leather. Also, explore our Cactus Leather Vegan Shoes and Cactus Leather Vegan Bags.

And explore our vegan shoe and vegan bag categories to see our popular collections of vegan trainers, vegan boots, vegan sandals, vegan flats, vegan heels and vegan loafers, and our vegan backpacks, vegan tote bags, vegan crossbody bags and vegan shoulder bags; most are made in vegan leather.

These are the most frequently asked questions about cactus leather:

Firstly, animal leather is frequently not biodegradable because of the chemicals used in the tanning process, and coatings of plastic added for durability. Plant-based vegan leathers are partially biodegradable, but they often include small amounts of synthetic materials that aren’t always biodegradable but do make them more durable and water-resistant. Cactus leather supplier Desserto offers a material that is biodegradable under anaerobic thermophilic conditions.

Cactus leather is a modern plant-based alternative to traditional vegan plastic-based leathers. Cactus leather is produced by a company called Desserto and made from the prickly pear cactus, a plant that grows abundantly in Mexico and elsewhere. This material is kinder to both animals and the environment than animal skins, as it avoids the devastating environmental impact of cattle rearing, which contributes to deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, and many other problems.