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Unilever Sakura Bloom Soap

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Sakura Bloom Soap — 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.

59

Moderate concern

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

Concern score 59/100 · 28 ingredients analyzed

Driven by TalcIARC Group 2A, EU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Risk categories found

Allergy risk3 ingredients · max 8/10Cancer concern2 ingredients · max 5/10Irritation5 ingredients · max 5/10Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (9)

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

Talc

absorbent · texturizer

Severity 5/10
Babies & kids: Best avoided
  • Cancer concern:IARC reclassified talc as probably carcinogenic (2A) in 2024; historic asbestos contamination drives concern.

A mineral powder at the center of major litigation and a 2024 IARC upgrade to 'probably carcinogenic'. Regulators specifically warn against powder use on babies (inhalation risk); cornstarch is the standard substitute.

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.

Severity 8/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Potent sensitizer, typically blended with MIT (Kathon CG).
  • Irritation:Corrosive in concentrate; irritating at use levels.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

The chlorinated partner of MIT, restricted in the EU to rinse-off products only. A leading cause of preservative contact dermatitis worldwide.

Severity 8/10
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Caused an epidemic of contact allergy; banned in EU leave-on products.
  • Irritation:Irritating even in people without allergy.

A preservative behind one of the largest contact-allergy epidemics in cosmetic history. The EU banned it from leave-on products and restricts it in rinse-off products to 15 ppm.

Phenoxyethanol

preservative

Severity 3/10
Babies & kids: Use with caution
  • Irritation:Occasional stinging and irritation, mostly around eyes and on damaged skin.

Today's most common preservative, considered safe by the SCCS up to 1%. French authorities advise avoiding it in wipes and diaper-area products for children under 3 as a precaution.

Potassium Sorbate

preservative

Severity 2/10
  • 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.

Disodium EDTA

chelating agent

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Poorly biodegradable; can remobilize heavy metals in waterways.

A metal-binding stabilizer that is safe on skin at the tiny amounts used; its criticism is environmental persistence.

Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower ExtractRegulatory dataAllergy riskEU CosIng Annex III (declarable / restricted)

Pore-clogging potential (1)

Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.

Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.

No concerns found (12)

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

Recognized ingredients (7)

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.

  • Sodium Palmate· cleansing, surfactant - cleansing, surfa…
  • Rosa Gallica Flower Extract· astringent, skin conditioning, tonic
  • Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Oil· skin conditioning
  • Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil· fragrance
  • Cymbopogon Martini Oil· fragrance, skin conditioning, tonic
  • Magnesium Nitrate· hair conditioning
  • Magnesium Chloride· viscosity controlling

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.

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

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

Sodium Palmate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Water, Glycerin, Talc, Sodium Chloride, Perfume, Coconut Acid, PEG-45M, Titanium Dioxide, Silica, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sericin, Rosa Gallica Flower Extract, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Flower Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Oil, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil, Cymbopogon Martini Oil, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Magnesium Nitrate, Magnesium Chloride, CI 17200

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