B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum vs Skin Food Body Butter: which is safer?

Skin Food Body Butter is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum

Drunk Elephant

B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

water-based serum (glycerin, hyaluronic acid, humectants)

Confidence

78%

PossibleFragrance allergens / botanical sensitizers

PossibleContainer leachables (packaging hazard)

Our pick

Weleda

Skin Food Body Butter

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Plant oils, butters, waxes

Confidence

82%

PossibleFragrance allergens

PossibleOil oxidation and rancidity

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fragrance allergens / botanical sensitizers and Container leachables (packaging hazard) on the Drunk Elephant and not on the Weleda.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens and Oil oxidation and rancidity on the Weleda and not on the Drunk Elephant.
  • The Drunk Elephant is water-based serum (glycerin, hyaluronic acid, humectants) where the Weleda is Plant oils, butters, waxes, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Weleda is the one to buy.

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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