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Ingredients We Prefer to Avoid
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Food ingredients
2,4,5-Trihydroxybutyrophenone (THBP)
Acesulfame-K
Acetoin (synthetic)
Acetone Peroxides
Acetylated esters of mono- and diglycerides
Advantame
Aluminum Ammonium Sulfate
Aluminum Potassium Sulfate
Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate
Aluminum Sulfate
Ammonium Alum
Ammonium Chloride
Ammonium Saccharin
Ammonium Sulfate
Apricot Kernel/Extract
Artificial Flavors
Artificial Sweeteners
Artificial food coloring
Aspartame
Azo Dyes
Azodicarbonamide
Bacillus Subtilis DE111
Bacteriophage Preparation
Bentonite
Benzoates
Benzoic Acid
Benzophenone
Benzoyl Peroxide
Benzyl Alcohol
Beta-cyclodextrin
BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
Bleached flour
Bromated flour
Brominated vegetable oil
Burnt alum
Butylparaben
Caffeine (extended release)
Calcium Benzoate
Calcium Bromate
Calcium Disodium EDTA
Calcium Peroxide
Calcium Propionate
Calcium Saccharin
Calcium Sorbate
Calcium Stearoyl-2-lactylate
Canthaxanthin
Caprocaprylobehenin
Carmine
Certified colors
Citrus Red No. 2
Cochineal
Corn Syrup
DATEM
Diacetyl (synthetic)
Dimethyl Silicone
Dimethylpolysiloxane
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)
Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides
Disodium calcium EDTA
Disodium dihydrogen EDTA
Disodium EDTA
Disodium guanylate
Disodium inosinate
Dodecyl gallate
EDTA
Erythrosine
Ethoxyquin
Ethyl Acrylate (synthetic)
Ethyl Vanillin (synthetic)
Ethylene Glycol
Ethylene Oxide
Eugenyl Methyl Ether (synthetic)
FD&C Blue No. 1
FD&C Blue No. 2
FD&C Colors
FD&C Green No. 3
FD&C Red No. 3
FD&C Red No. 40
FD&C Yellow No. 5
FD&C Yellow No. 6
Foie Gras
Gardenia Blue
GMP
Gold/Gold Leaf
Heptylparaben
Hexa-, Hepta- and Octa-Esters of Sucrose
High-Fructose Corn Syrup/HFCS
Hjijiki
Hydrogenated oils
Inosine monophosphate
Insect Flour
Iron oxide
Kava/Kava Kava
Lactic Acid Esters of Monoglycerides
Lactylated Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides
Ma Huang
Maltitol
Methyl Silicon
Methylparaben
Microparticularized whey protein derived fat substitute
Monoammonium Glutamate
Monopotassium Glutamate
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Myrcene (synthetic)
Natamycin (okay in cheese-rind wax)
Natural flavors
Natural caramel color
Neotame
Nitrates (synthetic)
Nitrites (synthetic)
Non-organic soy
Octyl Gallate
Olestra
Orange B
Partially Hydrogenated Oils
Plant Sterols
Polydextrose
Potassium Alum
Potassium Benzoate
Potassium Bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Potassium Bromate
Potassium Metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Potassium Nitrate
Potassium Nitrite
Potassium Propionate
Potassium Sorbate
Propane-1,2-Diol esters of fatty acids
Propionates
Propionic Acid
Propyl Gallate
Propylene Glycol Esters of Fatty Acids
Propylene Oxide
Propylparaben
Pulegone (synthetic)
Pyridine (synthetic)
Saccharin
Saccharin Sodium Salt
Salatrim (short and long chain acyl triglyceride molecule)
Shark Cartilage
Smoke Flavor (synthetic)
Sodium Acid Sulfate
Sodium Alum
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium Bisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Sodium Cyclamate
Sodium Diacetate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium Metabisulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Sodium Nitrate/Nitrite (synthetic)
Sodium Propionate
Sodium Saccharin
Sodium Sorbate
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate
Sodium Sulfite (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Sorbic Acid
Soy Lecithin
Stannous Chloride
Succistearin
Sucralose
Sucroglycerides
Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate
Sucrose Ester
Sucrose Polyester
Sulfites (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Sulfur Dioxide (okay in wine, mead, cider)
Trans fats
TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
Tetrasodium EDTA
Thiodipropionic Acid
Titanium dioxide
Toluene
Tonka Bean/Extract
Vanillin (synthetic)
Yeast extract
Beauty ingredients
2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1(and) 3-Diol
Acetone
Alcloxa
Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate
Aluminum Chlorohydrate
Ambergris – Historically, sperm whales were killed to harvest it from their intestines.
Ammonia
Ammonium C6-16 perfluoroalkyl ethyl phosphate
Ammonium Xylene Sulfonate
Animal Collagen – Sourced from the skin, bones, and connective tissues of cows, fish, or pigs, which are killed for extraction.
Animal Squalene – Sourced from sharks, which are killed for their liver oil.
Beef Tallow - Rendered fat from slaughtered cows, commonly used in soaps and moisturizers.
Benzalkonium Chloride
Benzethonium Chloride
Benzocaine
Benzophenone-3
BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)
BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene) Butoxyethanol
C9-15 fluoroalcohol phosphate
Chlorotrifluoropropene
Chlorphenesin
Cloflucarban
Cocamide DEA
Coal tar
Copper Disodium EDTA
Diazolidinyl Urea
Diethanolamine (DEA)
Dimethyl phenylbutanol
Dimethylmethoxy Chromanyl Palmitate
Disodium EDTA
DMDM Hydantoin
EDTA
Elastin – Extracted from the neck ligaments and aorta of animals (often cows), which are slaughtered.
Emu Oil – Extracted from the fat of emus, which are killed.
Equine Oil
Fluorosalan
Formaldehyde
Fragrance/Fragrance Oils (Synthetic)
Gelatin – Derived from the bones, skin, and connective tissues of cows or pigs, requiring slaughter. Sometimes use in face masks, hair treatments, nail treatments and anti-aging creams
Guanine – Derived from fish scales, typically involving the fish being killed.
Hexachlorophene
Hexylresorcinol
Hydroquinone
Imidazolidinyl Urea
Iodine complex with ammonium ether sulfate and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate
Iodine complex with phosphate ester of alkylaryloxy polyethylene glycol
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
Isododecane
Isoeicosane
Lead acetate
Lidocaine
Melanin
Methyl Nicotinate
Methyl perfluorobutyl ether
Methyl perfluoroisobutyl ether
Methylbenzethonium chloride
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Methylene bis-benzotriazoyl tetramethylbutylphenol
Methylene glycol
Methylisothiazolinone
Microbeads
Mineral oil
Myristamide DEA
Nonylphenoxypoly (ethyleneoxy) ethanoliodine
Octafluoropentyl methacrylate
Octinoxate
Oleamide DEA
Oxybenzone
Pentafluoropropane
Perfluorodecalin
Perfluorodimethylcyclohexane
Perfluorohexane
Perfluorononyl dimethicone
Perfluorononylethyl carboxydecyl PEG-10 dimethicone
Perfluorooctyl triethoxysilane
Perfluoroperhydrophenanthrene
Petrolatum
Petroleum based oils
Phenol
Phenoxyethanol
Phthalates
Picaridin
Placenta Extract – Usually sourced from slaughtered animals, though sometimes collected post-birth.
Poloxamer—iodine complex
Polyethylene Terephthalate
Polyimide-1
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Polyperfluoroethoxymethoxy Difluoroethyl Peg Phosphate
Polyperfluoroethoxymethoxy PEG-2 phosphate
Polypropylene
Povidone-iodine
PTFE
Quaternium 15
Secondary amyltricresols
Sh-oligopeptide-1
Silver Citrate
Sodium Bisulfite
Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate
Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate
Sodium magnesium fluorosilicate
Sodium Oxychlorosene
Sodium xylene sulfonate
Soyamide DEA
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Tallow
TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
Tetrasodium EDTA
Tetrasodium Etidronate
Toluene
Tribromsalan
Triclocarban
Triclosan
Triple dye
Trisodium EDTA
Undecoylium chloride iodine complex
Vanillyl Butyl Ether
cleaning/household ingredients
2-oxepanone, homopolymer
3 (Trihydroxysilyl) propyldimethyl octadecyl ammonium chloride
4,4′-Diamino-2,2′-stilbenedisulfonic acid
4-Acetylpyridine-N-Oxide
4-Formylphenylboronic acid
Acid blue 82
Acrylic acid/styrene copolymer, sodium salt
Alcohols C12-C18, ethoxylated, propoxylated
Alizarin cyanine green F
Alkyl (C10-16) benzene
Alkylphenol ethoxylate
Amines, C12-18-alkyldimethyl, N-oxides
Aminoethylethanolamine
Aminomethyl propanol
Benzalkonium chloride
Benzene (C14-C30) alkylate
Benzenesulfonic acid, (1-methylethyl)-, sodium salt
Benzophenone-4
Benzotriazole
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)
bis(2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethyl) hexanedioate
Bronopol
Butoxyethanol
Butyl carbitol acetate
C10-14 Alkyl benzene sulfuric acid
C12-14 Ethoxylated propoxylated alcohols
C12-18-Alkyldimethyl(ethylbenzyl) ammonium chlorides
C12-C18 alkyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride
Calcium phosphate
Cannabidiol
Chlorine (Sodium Hypochlorite)
Chromium hydroxide green
Cocamide DEA
Cocamide MEA
Decyl Phenoxybenzenedisulfonic Acid
Di-(palm carboxyethyl) hydroxyethyl methyl-ammonium methyl sulfates
Dialkylester ammonium methosulfate
Diaminostilbene disulfonic acid
Diazolidinyl urea
Dicocoethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate
Diethanolamine (DEA)
Diethylene glycol butyl ether
Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether
Dimethyl octadecyllamine
Dimethylaminopropyl amine
Dipropylene glycol monobutyl ether
Dipropyleneglycol monomethyl ether
Disodium distyrylbiphenyl disulfonate
DMDM hydantoin
Ethanaminium, 2-hydroxy-N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-Nmethyl-, methyl sulfate (salt), octadecanoate (ester)
Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid
Fatty alcohols C12-C14 ethoxylated, propoxylated
FD&C Blue No. 1
FD&C Blue No. 2
FD&C Green No. 3
FD&C Red No. 3
FD&C Red No. 40
FD&C Yellow No. 5
FD&C Yellow No. 6
Formaldehyde
Fragrance/Fragrance Oils (Synthetic)
Hexahydro-1,3,5-Tris (2-hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine
Hexdecyldimethylamine
Hydroxyethyl-methyl ammonium methosulphate
Hydroxy-methylpentylcyclohexene carboxyaldehyde
Hypophosphorus acid
Imitoylethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate
Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate
Isonicotinic acid-n-oxide
Isoparaffinic hydrocarbon solvent
Lauramide DEA
Linear alkyl benzene sulfonates
Manganese, ((2,2',2''-(nitrilotris(2,1-ethanediyl(nitrilo-kappaN)methylidyne))tris(phenolato-kappaO))(3-))-, (OC-6-22)-
Methoxymethylbutanol
Methyl anthranilate
Methyl bis(soya amidoethyl) 2-hydroxyethyl quaternary ammonium methylsulphate
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Montan Wax
Nitromethylidynetrimethanol
Nonylphenyl ethoxylate
PEG 22 Dodecyl Glycol Copolymer
PFAS chemicals
Phosphates
Phthalates
Poly-4-Vinylpyridine-N-Oxide
Polycarboxylate, sodium salt
Polymeric Blue Dye
Polypropylene terephthalate
Polyquaternium- 7
Polyvinyl pyrolidone (PVP)
Potassium alkyl benzene sulfonate
Potassium Alkylpolyoxyethylene Phosphate
Propyl gallate
Quaternary Coco Alkylamine Ethoxylate
Quaternium-15
Quaternized Coco/Soya Fatty Acids
Salt of Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate
Salt of Triethanolamine Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate
Silver chloride
Sodium acid pyrophosphate
Sodium dichloroacetate
Sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate
Sodium ferrocyanide decahydrate
Sodium hydroxymethylglycinate
Sodium monochloroacetate
Sodium phosphate
Sodium xylene sulfate
Sodium xylene sulfonate
Sulfuric acid
Tetrasodium EDTA
Toluene
Tributylphenol polyglycol ether, 12 – 14 EO
Tricalcium phosphate
Triclosan
Triethanolamine (TEA)
Tripropylene glycol methyl ether
Tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether
Urea-formaldehyde-copolymer
White mineral oil
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