Vaseline

US over-the-counter (OTC) label

Brand or trade name

Vaseline

Manufacturer

CONOPCO Inc. d/b/a Unilever

Label date

7 November 2024

Stated use in the United States

Purpose Sunscreen

Label in the official openFDA API. This is the label date; the formula may have changed. Compare with the packaging.

Sunscreen filters and the European Union

• Avobenzone 2.5% : Filtre UV autorisé sous les conditions de l’annexe VI du règlement (CE) 1223/2009.
• Homosalate 3.0% : Filtre UV autorisé sous les conditions de l’annexe VI du règlement (CE) 1223/2009.
• Octisalate 5% : Filtre UV autorisé sous les conditions de l’annexe VI du règlement (CE) 1223/2009.
• Octocrylene 7.5% : Filtre UV autorisé sous les conditions de l’annexe VI du règlement (CE) 1223/2009.

Cosmetic analysis in the European Union

1 ingredient prohibited, except for the cases the Regulation provides: Petrolatum; its rule says which. 7 ingredients allowed under conditions (maximum concentration, product types): some active ingredient concentrations are printed; the other conditions and the product's classification in the European Union remain to be checked. 30 names recognised out of 30.

Avobenzone 2.5%, Homosalate 3.0%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 7.5%, Water (Eau), Glycerin, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Stearic Acid, Dimethicone, Laureth-23, Glycol Stearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Petrolatum, Fragrance (Parfum), Sodium Benzoate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Disodium EDTA, Niacinamide, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Stearamide AMP, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydroxystearic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Benzyl Alcohol

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 PARFUM“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • 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 CITRIC ACIDClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.
  • For information POTASSIUM SORBATEClassified under the CLP Regulation: eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

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

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.

Selling elsewhere

Ingredients of this list that are prohibited, prohibited in some cases or subject to conditions in the other countries whose rules we record (nothing changes for sale in France). Absence is not approval: several countries only allow the preservatives, UV filters and colorants on their lists, and the function of an ingredient in the product is not known. What is covered for each country.

No prohibition or condition found in the recorded lists for: United States (federal), Washington State, California, Japan.

Ingredient by ingredient

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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”.

All US nonprescription labels

List in the official revision dated 7 November 2024 (register: openFDA: US OTC product labels, analysed under European cosmetic rules).

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