cetaphil

Cosmetic recorded by Open Beauty Facts contributors

Packaging photo dated 6 May 2025 (Automatic transcriptions of Open Beauty Facts ingredient-list photos (two AI readings, checked by text recognition)).

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Points to note

None of the names read is prohibited in all cases in European Union cosmetics; the transcribed list may be incomplete.

1 ingredient is prohibited, except for the exceptions provided for by the regulation: PETROLATUM. Its rule, in the table, says which.

Who it concerns

For each group, the ingredients of the list that an official classification or rule mentions. Open an ingredient's page to read what the text says. A group with no name does not mean the ingredients were judged to have no effect for it.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching BENZYL ALCOHOLClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1B (Skin Sens. 1B). Allergen to declare: Annex III, entry 45, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information SODIUM HYDROXIDEClassified under the CLP Regulation: skin corrosion, category 1A (Skin Corr. 1A). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Read on the label

  • For information SODIUM HYDROXIDEAnnex III, entry 15a, requires a warning that depends on the type of product: Nail cuticle solvent: “Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children”; Hair straightener: “1. Contains alkali. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness. Keep out of reach of children. 2. For professional use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Can cause blindness”; pH adjuster for depilatories: “Keep out of reach of children. Avoid contact with eyes”. None for: Other uses as pH adjuster.

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: pregnancy and breastfeeding, babies and children, environment.

For a question about your own situation (pregnancy, child, allergy), show this list to your doctor, midwife or pharmacist: we cannot say whether this product suits you.

Recorded composition

List recorded on 6 May 2025, before new cosmetic regulation deadlines: BENZYL ALCOHOL (Annex III, entry 45): placing on the market of a non-compliant product prohibited since 1 August 2026, sale of a non-compliant product prohibited from 1 August 2028. The formula may have changed: check the label of the product on sale.

19 recognised ingredients out of 19.

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.