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Listerine

Mouthwash

Listerine mouthwashGTIN 5010123703547

Your composite

51OUT OF 100Poor

range 47–64

56▲▼ split
Safety
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Eco
30
Labor
68
Pkg

Why this score

52-point split

62

Scan

42

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Ingredient safety

A 52-point gap between the two loudest voices.

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Ingredient safety

52 pts apart

  • Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. This score changed Sep 1, 2026: source data updated. about this rater →

  • A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →

  • A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →

  • Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. This score changed Sep 1, 2026: source data updated. about this rater →

  • A government authority. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →

  • Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →

✓Also screened, nothing found: IARC Monographs · California Proposition 65 · ECHA SVHC Candidate List · US NTP Report on Carcinogens

Environmental

    ✓Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction

    Labor

    • Run by a nonprofit. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. This rates Listerine as a company and applies to everything they make, not this product alone. Checked this week. about this rater →

    Packaging

    • Independent — not funded by the brands it rates. Auto-linked to this product, not yet human-reviewed. Checked this week. about this rater →

    Coverage & match quality

    8 ratings · 3 of 4 axes

    • Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
    • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

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    Ingredients, decoded

    Data availability

    Robust·13 of 14 characterized

    Our sources have reference data on 13 of 14 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.

    Worth a look (6)

    • Alcohol6/10commonly dryingfragrance · antimicrobial · antifoamingraters disagree

      ANSES endocrine candidate · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • Methyl Salicylate6/10perfuming · denaturant · flavouringraters disagree

      EU harmonised CMR (cat. 2) · flagged by 3 of 9 lists →

    • Thymol6/10fragrance · hair dyeing · denaturantraters disagree

      ANSES endocrine candidate · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • Aroma6/10undeclared fragrance blendflavouringraters disagree

      Undisclosed fragrance blend · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    • Menthol4/10fragrance materialfragrance · denaturant · refreshingraters disagree

      EU-regulated fragrance allergen · flagged by 1 of 9 lists →

    • CL 420534/10raters disagree

      EU-restricted (with limits) · flagged by 2 of 9 lists →

    ✓No flags in our sources (7)

    • Aqua
    • Sorbitol
    • Poloxamer 407
    • Benzoic Acid
    • Sodium Saccharin
    • Eucalyptol
    • CL 47005

    No data in our sources (1)

    • Sodium Bezonate

    Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.

    What these ingredient tags mean (3)

    These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.

    • commonly dryingAlcohol

      • Alcohol: A fast-evaporating solvent that leaves a dry finish. International Chemical Safety Card ICSC 0044, Ethanol (anhydrous), prepared by an international group of experts for the ILO and WHO: "The substance defats the skin, which may cause dryness or cracking." Bommannan et al., as reported by Lachenmeier DW, "Safety evaluation of topical applications of ethanol on the skin and inside the oral cavity", J Occup Med Toxicol 2008;3:26, DOI 10.1186/1745-6673-3-26, open access, reference 82: "Bommannan et al. found in vivo in humans that ethanol enters the skin and removes measurable quantities of the lipid barrier material from the stratum corneum." Both describe stronger exposures than a cosmetic formula.

    • fragrance materialMenthol

      • Menthol: The cooling component of mint oils, named by the EU as a fragrance substance to be declared on the label. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009, Annex III entry 338, inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1545: a fragrance substance whose presence must be indicated in the list of ingredients above 0,001% in leave-on and 0,01% in rinse-off products. It is declarable in its OWN right, not by way of any component it carries. The name to look for on a label is "Menthol". The duty applies now. Transition footnote (40) lets stock that does not comply, lawfully placed on the Union market before the 31 July 2026 cut-off, be made available until 31 July 2028.

    • undeclared fragrance blendAroma

      • Aroma: A blend the label does not itemize, so what is in it cannot be read from the ingredient list. EU Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 permits the collective term "parfum"; the SCCS Opinion on Fragrance Allergens (SCCS/1459/11) reviews the contact-allergy evidence for the substances it can contain.