Baking Soda Free Deodorant vs Deodorant Trio Aluminum-Free 48-Hour Protection: which is safer?

Primally Pure Baking Soda Free Deodorant is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Primally Pure Baking Soda Free Deodorant

Primally Pure

Baking Soda Free Deodorant

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 96/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

mineral-based powder blend (arrowroot, magnesium hydroxide, mica)

Confidence

82%

PossibleSkin irritation from magnesium hydroxide alkalinity

Salt & Stone Deodorant Trio Aluminum-Free 48-Hour Protection

Salt & Stone

Deodorant Trio Aluminum-Free 48-Hour Protection

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

plant-based wax, natural oils, mineral pigments

Confidence

78%

PossibleFragrance allergens and sensitizers

PossibleOil rancidity and microbial growth

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Skin irritation from magnesium hydroxide alkalinity on the Primally Pure and not on the Salt & Stone.
  • We flag Fragrance allergens and sensitizers and Oil rancidity and microbial growth on the Salt & Stone and not on the Primally Pure.
  • The Primally Pure is mineral-based powder blend (arrowroot, magnesium hydroxide, mica) where the Salt & Stone is plant-based wax, natural oils, mineral pigments, 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 Primally Pure is the one to buy.

Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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