Daily Protect Multi-Style Regular Length Unscented Panty Liners (108 ct) vs Core Daily Wrapped Liners: which is safer?

Kotex Core Daily Wrapped Liners is the clear pick. Always Daily Protect Multi-Style Regular Length Unscented Panty Liners (108 ct) carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Always Daily Protect Multi-Style Regular Length Unscented Panty Liners (108 ct)

Always

Daily Protect Multi-Style Regular Length Unscented Panty Liners (108 ct)

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Nonwoven/cellulose core with adhesive and waterproof backing (coating unspecified)

Confidence

45%

LikelyFluorochemicals (PFAS) in waterproof backing

PossibleAdhesive leachables and skin contact sensitization

PossibleMicroplastic and nonwoven polymer shedding

Our pick

Kotex Core Daily Wrapped Liners

Kotex

Core Daily Wrapped Liners

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Poor 48/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

cotton, rayon, adhesive (nonwoven blend)

Confidence

72%

PossibleSynthetic adhesive leachables

ReportedFragrance allergens (if scented variant)

PossibleMicroplastic shedding from nonwoven backing

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fluorochemicals (PFAS) in waterproof backing, Adhesive leachables and skin contact sensitization and Microplastic and nonwoven polymer shedding on the Always and not on the Kotex.
  • We flag Synthetic adhesive leachables, Fragrance allergens (if scented variant), Microplastic shedding from nonwoven backing and PFAS water-resistance coating (undisclosed) on the Kotex and not on the Always.
  • The Always is Nonwoven/cellulose core with adhesive and waterproof backing (coating unspecified) where the Kotex is cotton, rayon, adhesive (nonwoven blend), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Kotex is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Always grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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