About the brand
A naming note first: the field is a product and character name as much as a brand — the maker is Vulli of France, and this page is about the Sophie line, filed under the name as listed. Sophie was conceived by Monsieur Rampeau, an expert in transforming Hevea-tree sap by rotational moulding rubber as a toy-making concept, went into production on May 25th, Saint Sophie's day (hence her name), in 1961, and looks exactly the same as the day she was born. She is made from 100% natural rubber derived from Hevea sap, in more than 14 manual operations, decorated with non-toxic, food-quality paints, phthalate-free with no vinyl (no PVC). The homepage link above is the US distributor site (Calisson Toys, described as the original and sole US distributor since 2001): the French brand site defaults to French and its English path did not serve English in this check, so the US site is the link published here under the US-preference rule. Source: Sophie regional product page.
What the brand publishes
No described testing program was found from Vulli or Sophie sources in this pass — no testing steps, frequency, sampling, or lab process. What exists is a compliance claim on the regional Sophie page: “Complies with US Safety regulations ASTM F963 and EN71,” both unnumbered as written there. No lab is named anywhere in the Sophie or Vulli sources opened. Source: Sophie regional product page.
The honest caveats
No recall found; made-in-France conflict recorded
No Sophie la Girafe or Vulli CPSC recall surfaced in this research pass; that is a search result, not proof that no recall has ever existed. One conflict is recorded without resolving it: secondary reporting in 2026 disputes the long-standing made-in-France presentation for Sophie, and no primary finding was opened in this pass — so no place of manufacture is stated on this page.
