Values and Standards
We review ingredients and test products for you, your family, and the planet. We only approve products that are safe, healthy, have eco-friendly packaging, clean ingredients and give back to an important cause. We want to support you and your loved ones on a journey to healthier and more sustainable life.
We say YES to:
✓ Women owned businesses
✓ Fair-trade
✓ Organic
✓ Vegan
✓ Cruelty-Free
✓ Sustainable packaging
✓ Healthy, all natural ingredients
✓ Zero waste
✓ Minority owned
✓ Clean beauty
✓ Giving Back
Helpful links:
EWG Skin Deep Leaping Bunny Cruelty-Free USDA Organic
Beat the Microbead NON-GMO Fair-Trade PETA Cruelty-Free
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We say NO to:
Prohibited 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 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
- Methyl Silicon
- Methylparaben
- Microparticularized whey protein derived fat substitute
- Monoammonium Glutamate
- Monopotassium Glutamate
- Monosodium Glutamate
- Myrcene (synthetic)
- Natamycin (okay in cheese-rind wax)
- Neotame
- Nitrates (synthetic)
- Nitrites (synthetic)
- 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)
- TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
- Tetrasodium EDTA
- Thiodipropionic Acid
- Toluene
- Tonka Bean/Extract
- Vanillin (synthetic)
Prohibited Beauty Ingredients-
- 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1(and) 3-Diol
- Acetone
- Alcloxa
- Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate
- Aluminum Chlorohydrate
- Ammonia
- Ammonium C6-16 perfluoroalkyl ethyl phosphate
- Ammonium Xylene Sulfonate
- 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
- Emu Oil
- Equine Oil
- Fluorosalan
- Formaldehyde
- Fragrance/Fragrance Oils (Synthetic)
- 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
- 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
- TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone)
- Tetrasodium EDTA
- Tetrasodium Etidronate
- Toluene
- Tribromsalan
- Triclocarban
- Triclosan
- Triple dye
- Trisodium EDTA
- Undecoylium chloride iodine complex
- Vanillyl Butyl Ether
Prohibited 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
Helpful links:
EWG Skin Deep Leaping Bunny Cruelty-Free USDA Organic
Beat the Microbead NON-GMO Fair-Trade PETA Cruelty-Free
Use these links to find products that meet the criteria you are looking for.
For questions or more information reach out to contact@crunchymamabox.com
Join our Facebook support group CRUNCHY MAMA STRONG