Read Any Ingredient Label in a Minute
Ingredient labels follow rules. Learn four of them and you can read any label fast.
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You can read any ingredient label in under a minute. Rule one: ingredients are listed from most to least. Rule two: under one percent, order is loose. Rule three: Butyrospermum Parkii is just shea butter. The front is marketing. The list is the facts. That's why we keep our ingredient lists short.
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Key points from the full guide
- In the US, cosmetic ingredients must be listed in descending order of amount, except that ingredients at 1% or less can appear in any order.
- INCI names are a standardized naming system, which is why water may appear as aqua and shea butter as Butyrospermum Parkii.
- Fragrance or parfum can stand in for many undisclosed components.
- Drugs like sunscreen and antiperspirant use a separate Drug Facts panel with active ingredients listed first.
- The front of the package is marketing; the ingredient list is where the facts are.
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