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Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 27 May 2025
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- Fruit extract3%No flag
- Propylene glycol · E490<0.1%No flag
- Glycerin · E422No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Sodium hydroxide · E524No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- ExtNo flag
- Made in us.a with u.sNo flag
- And imported ingredients questions?www.neutrogena.comNo flag
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water (aqua), sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, citrus paradisi (grapefruit) fruit extract, polyquaternium-22, peg-7 amodimethicone, linoleamidopropyl pg-dimonium chloride phosphate, polyquaternium-39, sodium hydrolyzed potato starch dodecenylsuccinate, peg-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate, ppg-2 hydroxyethyl cocamide, propylene glycol, glycerin, hexylene glycol, sodium citrate, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium benzoate, fragrance (parfum), ext. violet 2 (ci 60730), red 33 (ci 17200). made in us.a with u.s. and/or imported ingredients questions?www.neutrogena.com
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Citrus ParadisiCritical concern
- Violet 2Critical concern
- Red 33High concern
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