SLS / SLES
Personal care · Home care
Clean-label verdictNeutral
Named lab-made cleansers.
Named on the pack, but refined or made in a lab.
Good to know
SLS can irritate skin depending on concentration. SLES can carry trace 1,4-dioxane; New York caps it at 1 ppm.
Also listed as: sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, sulphates
In our catalog
None of the products we list right now has this on its ingredient list.
Related
- Tag: Sulphates (SLS/SLES)
- Blog: Soap, syndets and sulphates: a plain guide to cleansers
- Longer note: SLS / SLES
Sources
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