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Your FAQs About Ingredients in Our Products, Answered

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Your FAQs About Ingredients in Our Products, Answered

Do Supergoop! products contain ingredients that are tested on animals? What other ingredients does Supergoop! say "no" to? Read to find the answers to all your frequently asked questions about the ingredients in our SPF products!

Do Supergoop! products contain ingredients tested on animals?

Nope! We are proudly cruelty-free and we never use ingredients tested on animals.

Are Supergoop! products vegan?

Yes! All our products vegan and we never use animal byproducts in our formulas.

What sunscreen actives do you say “no” to?

You’ll never find oxybenzone, octinoxate or para-ambinobenzoic (PABA) in our sunscreen formulas.

What other ingredients do you say “no” to?

Here’s are some of the ingredients you’ll never find in a Supergoop! product, sorted by category:

Solvents

  • Benzene
  • Butane
  • Butoxyethanol
  • Isobutane

Petrochemicals (petroleum distillates obtained from the oil refining process)

  • Mineral oil
  • Petrolatum

Fragrance Ingredients

  • Synthetic flavors or fragrances
  • Phthalates

Preservatives

  • BHA and BHT
  • Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasers
  • Parabens

Other Cosmetic Ingredients

  • Natural mica sourced from India or Madagascar — Mica must either be synthetic or certified as responsibly produced (e.g. Responsible Minerals Initiative)
  • Microplastics (solid particles <5 mm diam.)
  • Palm oil
  • Talc
  • Wheat-derived ingredients and gluten

You can find a larger list of the ingredients we say “no” to here.

To conclude

SPF is the #1 thing you can do for your skin, but sunscreen is only one part of a formula. We take just as much care selecting the other 70-90% of our ingredients in our products to deliver added benefits while meeting the highest global standards for quality and safety!

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