Charcoal acne cleanser by Biore · Greenveil
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Biore B Biore
Verdict Consider avoidingCharcoal acne cleanser
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health High ⚠ Contains additive of concern Sodium benzoate Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
Open Close Overall food-health band Food health High
Additives Moderate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
1 no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band 2 MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate" 3 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 4 final band "high" (health-blend-v1) Flagged additives
Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16) Inactive ingredients water 53.125% — Sodium laureth sulfate 23.4375% — › Cocamidopropyl betaine 11.71875% — › Sorbitol 5.859375% — Glycerin 2.9296875% — Laureth-4 carboxylic acid 1.46484375% — › Ethylhexylglycerin 0.732421875% — › Acrylates 0.3662109375% — C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer 0.18310546875% — Sodium benzoate 0.091552734375% ⚠ moderate Fragrance 0.0457763671875% — › Menthol 0.02288818359375% — › Sodium hydroxide 0.011444091796875% — Polyquaternium-39 0.0057220458984375% — › Disodium edta 0.00286102294921875% — › Charcoal powder 0.00286102294921875% — › Show original inactive ingredients water, sodium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sorbitol, glycerin, laureth-4 carboxylic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, sodium benzoate, fragrance, menthol, sodium hydroxide, polyquaternium-39, disodium edta, charcoal powder
Decision read
Probably skip for everyday use This read is based on the product's overall high safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
