Does Palmolive body wash have PFAS?
Palmolive body wash averages 75 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Palmolive 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.
Palmolive 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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The same question, asked of the other body wash brands
Best average grade first. Palmolive averages 75.
See every Palmolive product we grade on the Palmolive brand page, or the full body wash ranking.