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Yeast Extract

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SYNONYMS

EXTRACT OF YEAST, YEAST EXTRACT, and YEAST, EXT.

This ingredient is not currently on EWG's Restricted or Unacceptable Lists.

Yeast Extract is an extract of Yeast (q.v.).

Common concerns

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LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

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Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

foundation	49 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	43 products
serums & essences	23 products
	20 products
around-eye cream	18 products
conditioner	16 products
shampoo	16 products
daily use with SPF	15 products
makeup primer	12 products
mask	9 products
hair-loss treatment	8 products
facial cleanser	7 products
hair treatment/serum	7 products
toners/astringents	6 products
moisturizer	6 products
anti-aging	4 products
setting powder/spray	3 products
makeup remover	3 products
exfoliant/scrub	3 products
lip balm	2 products
recreational sunscreen	2 products
body firming lotion	2 products
other eye makeup	1 products
antiperspirant/deodorant	1 products
facial powder	1 products
eye makeup remover	1 products
hair styling aide	1 products
styling gel/lotion	1 products
after sun product	1 products
blush	1 products

Multiple, additive exposure sources

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

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
4238 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

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.
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.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

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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