Potassium Sorbate
preservative
- Irritation:Occasional transient stinging or redness on sensitive skin.
A mild food-grade preservative usually paired with sodium benzoate; well tolerated by most skin types.
f.a.e. · Hair Care
Nourishing Shampoo — ingredient safety report
Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.
Low concern
No strongly flagged ingredients in our database. As always, individual sensitivities vary.
Concern score 25/100 · 51 ingredients analyzed
Driven by Potassium Sorbate — EU CLP Eye Irrit. 2
Risk categories found
Irritation2 ingredients · max 2/10
Flagged ingredients (3)
Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
Severity 2/10
Sodium Benzoate
preservative
- Irritation:Can cause transient, non-allergic flushing/stinging on reactive skin.
A food-grade preservative generally regarded as one of the gentler options; occasional non-immune stinging is its main drawback.
No concerns found (11)
Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.
Recognized ingredients (6)
Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.
- COCAMIDOPROPYL HYDROXYSULTAINE· antistatic, cleansing, hair conditioning…
- SODIUM METHYL 2-SULFOLAURATE· cleansing, foaming, surfactant - cleansi…
- VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT· fragrance, skin protecting, smoothing
- DISODIUM 2-SULFOLAURATE· cleansing, surfactant - cleansing
- TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE· chelating
- BIOTIN· anti-sebum, hair conditioning, skin cond…
Not enough data (31)
Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.
- CETYL
- ARGANIA SPINOSA
- (ARGAN) KERNEL OIL
- OLEA EUROPAEA
- (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL
- ORGANIC ALOE
- BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE
- PERSEA
- GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL
- ROSMARINUS
- OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT
- NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE (WATERCRESS)
- EXTRACT
- EXTRACT
- FRUIT EXTRACT
- EXTRACT
- CUCUMIS MELO (MELON) FRUIT
- EXTRACT
- (CRANBERRY) FRUIT EXTRACT
- MUSA
- SAPIENTUM (BANANA) FRUIT EXTRACT
- SANTALUM ALBUM (SANDALWOOD)
- EXTRACT
- PIMPINELLA ANISUM (ANISE)
- FRUIT EXTRACT
- PYRUS MALUS (APPLE)
- FRUIT EXTRACT
- (COCONUT) FRUIT EXTRACT
- GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM
- CHLORIDE
- CITRATE
This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.
Full ingredient list (as analyzed)
WATER (AQUA), COCAMIDOPROPYL HYDROXYSULTAINE, SODIUM METHYL 2-SULFOLAURATE, CETYL, BETAINE, GLYCERIN, ARGANIA SPINOSA, (ARGAN) KERNEL OIL, OLEA EUROPAEA, (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL, ORGANIC ALOE, BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE, PERSEA, GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL, ROSMARINUS, OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) LEAF EXTRACT, NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE (WATERCRESS), EXTRACT, SALVIA OFFICINALIS (SAGE) LEAF, EXTRACT, PRUNUS ARMENIACA (APRICOT), FRUIT EXTRACT, VANILLA PLANIFOLIA FRUIT, EXTRACT, CUCUMIS MELO (MELON) FRUIT, EXTRACT, VACCINIUM MACROCARPON, (CRANBERRY) FRUIT EXTRACT, MUSA, SAPIENTUM (BANANA) FRUIT EXTRACT, SANTALUM ALBUM (SANDALWOOD), EXTRACT, PIMPINELLA ANISUM (ANISE), FRUIT EXTRACT, PYRUS MALUS (APPLE), FRUIT EXTRACT, COCOS NUCIFERA, (COCONUT) FRUIT EXTRACT, PANTHENOL, DISODIUM 2-SULFOLAURATE, CITRIC ACID, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM, CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM, CITRATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE, BIOTIN, NIACIN, TRIETHYL CITRATE
