Hand cream — 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.

Moderate concern

Contains ingredients worth knowing about. Review the flags below against your skin's needs.

Concern score 55/100 · 10 ingredients analyzed

Driven by DMDM Hydantoin — EU CosIng Annex V: releases formaldehyde (IARC Group 1)

Risk categories found

Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 7/10Allergy risk1 ingredient · max 6/10Pore-clogging1 ingredient · max 2/10

Flagged ingredients (2)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

DMDM Hydantoin

preservative

Severity 7/10

Sensitive skin: High cautionPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided

Cancer concern:Slowly releases formaldehyde, an IARC Group 1 carcinogen.
Allergy risk:Frequent cause of preservative contact dermatitis.

EU CosIng Annex V: releases formaldehyde (IARC Group 1) ↗

A formaldehyde-releasing preservative used in creams, shampoos and wipes. The slow formaldehyde release preserves the product but exposes skin to a known carcinogen and allergen.

Paraffinum Liquidum

occlusive · emollient

Severity 2/10Editorial

Oily & acne-prone: Use with caution

Pore-clogging:Cosmetic grade is minimally comedogenic despite its reputation.

Highly refined mineral oil is an inert, non-sensitizing emollient. Its bad reputation comes from industrial-grade oils that are never permitted in cosmetics.

No concerns found (3)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

Not enough data (5)

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.

POLYSORBATE-80 GLYCERYL STEARATE
LAURIC/MYRISTIC/PAMITIC/STEA RIC GLYCERYLS
SODIUM ACRYLATE/ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL - TAURINE SODIUM COPOLYMER
PEG-100 GLYCERYL STEARATE
ISOHEXADECANE OTHER TRACE INGREDIENTS SODIUM HYALURONATE VERBENA (VERBENA OFFICINALIS) EXTRACT ESSENCE 12M

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.

Lower-concern body care

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

WATER, GLYCERIN, MINERAL OIL, POLYSORBATE-80 GLYCERYL STEARATE, LAURIC/MYRISTIC/PAMITIC/STEA RIC GLYCERYLS, SODIUM ACRYLATE/ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL - TAURINE SODIUM COPOLYMER, PEG-100 GLYCERYL STEARATE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, DMDM HYDANTOIN, ISOHEXADECANE OTHER TRACE INGREDIENTS SODIUM HYALURONATE VERBENA (VERBENA OFFICINALIS) EXTRACT ESSENCE 12M