Beauty & personal care

Unilever Petroleum Jelly

Name: Petroleum Jelly
Brand: Unilever

Excellent out of 100 High confidence

Why it scores 92

Unilever Petroleum Jelly scores 92 out of 100 (Excellent) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:

minus 5 points Fragrance (parfum): A single label term covers an undisclosed mixture. Regulatory
minus 1 points Mineral oil and petrolatum: The EU prohibits petrolatum and mineral oils unless the full refining history is known and the source is not a carcinogen. Regulatory
minus 1 points Benzyl alcohol: Must be named on EU cosmetic labels above 0.001% (leave-on) or 0.01% (rinse-off) because some people are allergic to it. Regulatory

Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.

The Receipt

Petroleum Jelly

START100

Ingredients

Fragrance (parfum) minus 5 points

Regulatory A single label term covers an undisclosed mixture. [1][2][3]
Mineral oil and petrolatum minus 1 points

Regulatory The EU prohibits petrolatum and mineral oils unless the full refining history is known and the source is not a carcinogen. [2]
Benzyl alcohol minus 1 points

Regulatory Must be named on EU cosmetic labels above 0.001% (leave-on) or 0.01% (rinse-off) because some people are allergic to it. [2][1]
Cinnamal minus 0.5 points

Regulatory Must be named on EU cosmetic labels above 0.001% (leave-on) or 0.01% (rinse-off) because some people are allergic to it. [2][1]
Hexyl cinnamal minus 0.5 points

Regulatory Must be named on EU cosmetic labels above 0.001% (leave-on) or 0.01% (rinse-off) because some people are allergic to it. [2][1]
Limonene minus 0.5 points

Regulatory Must be named on EU cosmetic labels above 0.001% (leave-on) or 0.01% (rinse-off) because some people are allergic to it. [2][1]

subtotal−8.5

TOTAL 92Excellent

100 − 8.5 = 91.5 → 92

High Moderate Not recognized Tap an ingredient for its evidence and rules.

Label text, as published

petrolatum, theobroma cacao seed butter, fragrance, glycine soja oil, isopropyl myristate, benzyl alcohol, cinnamal, hexyl cinnamal, limonene

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