Desert Essence
Aloe & Tea Tree Oil Toothpaste, Peppermint
2020 formulationOral Care
Cleaner pick · Safest oral care we have rated
BEE-OCH Organics
Natural Tooth Powder, Cinnamon+11 on ingredient safety
Ingredient safetyRaters agree
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Ingredient safety
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Also screened, nothing found: ECHA SVHC Candidate List · ANSES Endocrine Disruptors · US NTP Report on Carcinogens · Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist · California Proposition 65 · EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)
Environmental
Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction
Labor
raters agreeRun by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Desert Essence as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →
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Ingredients, decoded
Data availability
Robust18 of 20 characterized
Our sources have reference data on 18 of 20 listed ingredients; 2 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.
Worth a look (6)
IARC possible carcinogen (Group 2B)flagged by 1 of 9 lists →
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-regulated fragrance allergenflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
- Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oilcommon irritantfragrance materialperfuming · antioxidantraters disagree
Mild sensitizer for someflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-regulated fragrance allergenflagged by 1 of 9 lists →
EU-restricted (with limits)flagged by 2 of 9 lists →
No flags in our sources (12)
No data in our sources (2)
Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.
What these ingredient tags mean (2)
These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.
common irritantMelaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil
- Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil: An essential oil whose oxidation products carry its sensitising potential; the EU assesses it as a moderate skin sensitiser. SCCS Scientific Opinion on Tea Tree Oil (CAS/EC 68647-73-4 / 285-377-1), SCCS/1681/25, adopted 30 October 2025, which concludes it is a moderate skin sensitiser. It does not set maximum levels of its own: it assesses the concentrations the applicant defended, and finds no concern at 2,0% in shampoo, 1,0% in shower gel, 1,0% in face wash and 0,1% in face cream, for oil conforming to ISO 4730:2017, in adults, in non-sprayable formats. It draws on the earlier SCCP opinions SCCP/1155/08 and SCCP/0843/04 and incorporates their data by reference; it says nothing about their status.
humectantGlycerin
- Glycerin: A humectant, and one of the two ingredients a comparison of moisturiser components found made a significant difference to skin hydration. FDA OTC skin protectant monograph, 21 CFR 347.10(h), lists glycerin as a skin protectant at 20 to 45%. On the humectant half: Jeong CB, Han JY, Cho JC, Suh KD, Nam GW, "Analysis of electrical property changes of skin by oil-in-water emulsion components", Int J Cosmet Sci 2013;35(4):402-410, DOI 10.1111/ics.12059, PMID 23621673, found that "glycerine and urea showed significant skin hydration effects compared with other humectants".
Where this came from
Cruelty-free status recorded from crueltyfree.peta.org ↗
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