EWG Skin Deep® | What is XYLITOL

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Data: Fair

Xylitol

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SYNONYMS

● WOOD SUGAR ALCOHOL

● XYLITE

● XYLITOL

Restricted

Restricted: EWG VERIFIED products cannot contain this ingredient without adequate substantiation

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

toothpaste	158 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	64 products
mouthwash	43 products
serums & essences	37 products
mask	25 products
moisturizer	25 products
tooth whitening	24 products
baby toothpaste	22 products
hair treatment/serum	19 products
around-eye cream	18 products
shampoo	18 products
toners/astringents	16 products
facial cleanser	15 products
body wash/cleanser	12 products
makeup remover	11 products
conditioner	10 products
bronzer/highlighter	7 products
exfoliant/scrub	6 products
makeup primer	6 products
hand cream	6 products
shaving cream	6 products
body spray	4 products
liquid hand soap	4 products
recreational sunscreen	4 products
hair styling aide	4 products
styling gel/lotion	3 products
sunless tanning	3 products
skin fading/lightener	3 products
body oil	3 products
shaving cream (men's)	3 products
hair spray	2 products
	2 products
foot cleansing	1 products
eye makeup remover	1 products
after shave	1 products
after sun product	1 products
baby wipes	1 products
daily use with SPF	1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	1 products
hand sanitizer	1 products
detangler	1 products
hair-loss treatment	1 products
body firming lotion	1 products
anti-aging	1 products

Multiple, additive exposure sources

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	FDA Food Additive Status
Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food	FDA Everything Added to Food

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
3285 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Informational

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Industry or government recommendations for safe use: restrictions on concentration, impurities, product types, or manufacturing methods - any	Open scientific literature

FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 2006. Food Additive Status List. Downloaded from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/opa-appa.html, Oct 16, 2006.
FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.
Open scientific/peer reviewed literature

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.

HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED™ mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

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