Does Kiehls body wash have PFAS?
Kiehls body wash averages 75 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Kiehls body wash products graded as of October 2026, level with the 75 out of 100 median for the 29 other body wash brands graded alongside it.
Kiehls body wash averages Excellent on our four-band scale. 4 of the 4 we graded are worth buying. That is above 52% of the body wash brands we grade.
PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.
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Best average grade first. Kiehls averages 75.
See every Kiehls product we grade on the Kiehls brand page, or the full body wash ranking.