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Nivea sun kids protect & play 50+
Greenveil's read: looks good. Cosmetic safety minor.
- Minor
Advisory
- Contains fragrance: Parfum
Fragrance does not change the rating; it matters if your skin reacts to fragrance.
Why it's rated this way
1 ingredient on this label is flagged. A cosmetic's rating is set by its most serious finding — here, Sodium Hydroxide.
Sodium HydroxideMinor concernAlkali (lye). It is used up in the product: as a pH adjuster it neutralises an acid in the formula, and in soap it turns the oils into soap. The EU caps the alkalinity it may leave (pH 11 for pH-adjuster use); the higher limits, with warnings, are only for hair straighteners, cuticle removers and depilatories.
- What it is
- Its recorded role: buffering and denaturant. About Sodium Hydroxide
- Why it's flagged
- Alkali (lye). It is used up in the product: as a pH adjuster it neutralises an acid in the formula, and in soap it turns the oils into soap. The EU caps the alkalinity it may leave (pH 11 for pH-adjuster use); the higher limits, with warnings, are only for hair straighteners, cuticle removers and depilatories.
- Regulatory basis
- EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III — allowed only within set limits and conditions; Greenveil's curated cosmetic-ingredient concern list.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. The label names this substance exactly.
Ingredients
- Aqua›
- Homosalate›
- Alcohol Denat›
- Glycerin›
- Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane›
- Bis-Ethyl hexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine
- Ethylhexyl Salicylate›
- Dibutyl Adipate›
- Ethylhexyl Triazone›
- Glyceryl Stearate›
- Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid›
- Tocopheryl Acetate›
- Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate›
- Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil›
- Copernicia Cerifera Cera›
- Cetyl Palmitate›
- Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate›
- Microcrystalline Cellulose›
- Xanthan Gum›
- Cellulose Gum›
- Caprylyl Glycol›
- Phenoxy ethanol
- Trisodium EDTA›
- Sodium Hydroxide›
- Sodium Chloride›
- Parfum›
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Aqua, Homosalate, Alcohol Denat., Glycerin, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Bis-Ethyl hexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Dibutyl Adipate, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Glyceryl Stearate, Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid, Tocopheryl Acetate, Butylene Glycol Dica - prylate/Dicaprate, Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil, Copernicia Cerifera Cera, Cetyl Palmitate, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxy ethanol, Trisodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Chloride, Parfum.
Cosmetic safety
Cosmetic-ingredient safety and additives of concern
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Sodium HydroxideHigh concern
- HomosalateMinor concern
- Butyl MethoxydibenzoylmethaneMinor concern
5 of 24 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
Alternatives
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How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.
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