Vitamin C 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.
Mad Hippie
Vitamin C Serum
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 59/100
Verdict
Buy with care
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Water, plant extracts, vitamin C, preservatives
Confidence
72%
PossiblePreservative safety (formaldehyde releasers, 1,4-dioxane)
PossiblePlant extract allergens and contamination
LikelyVitamin C oxidation and degradation byproducts
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 Preservative safety (formaldehyde releasers, 1,4-dioxane), Plant extract allergens and contamination and Vitamin C oxidation and degradation byproducts on the Mad Hippie and not on the Weleda.
- We flag Fragrance allergens and Oil oxidation and rancidity on the Weleda and not on the Mad Hippie.
- The Mad Hippie is Water, plant extracts, vitamin C, preservatives where the Weleda is Plant oils, butters, waxes, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
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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