75Excellent

Does Suave body wash have PFAS?

The verdict
Suave body wash averages 75 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Suave 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.
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Suave 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. Suave averages 75.

See every Suave product we grade on the Suave brand page, or the full body wash ranking.